Petra
Meaning
rock (feminine of Peter)
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Petra peaked in the 1890s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
1,074 people · the #7,873 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 200,000 · median age 23
Among people named Petra living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 137 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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