Petra vs Sara

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

• Norway · Girls

  In 2025, Petra was ranked #120 and Sara #43 among girls in Norway.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2024, Petra was ranked #1097 and Sara #97 among girls in England and Wales.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2023, Petra was ranked #625 and Sara #126 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Petra and Sara over time

Petra and Sara appear together in 3 published lists, across 124 years of shared records. Sara held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Petra in 0.

The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Sara reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, Petra in 1. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

List by list

• Norway · Girls73 shared years, 1947–2025

  Petra held the stronger position in 12 of those years, Sara in 61.

  Highest recorded here: Petra #120 in 2025, Sara #4 in 2013.

  The order changed in 1970: Sara moved ahead. In 1969 they stood at #284 and #347; by 1970 that had become #459 and #213.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Petra #120, Sara #43.

• England and Wales · Girls29 shared years, 1996–2024

  Petra held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Sara in 29.

  Highest recorded here: Petra #897 in 2019, Sara #82 in 2017.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Petra #1097, Sara #97.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls22 shared years, 1964–2023

  Petra held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Sara in 22.

  Highest recorded here: Petra #315 in 1967, Sara #78 in 2011.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2023: Petra #625, Sara #126.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

Where to go next

Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Side by side

How each name got here