Petal

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Petal: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Petal: Recorded since 2006, it reached #2,215 in 2012, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#2215highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2006–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#4157
2007	#3667
2009	#3422
2010	#3156
2011	#5785
2012	#2215
2013	#3160
2014	#3160
2015	#3252
2016	#2966
2017	#3583
2018	#5666
2019	#4686
2020	#3447
2021	#3519
2022	#2325
2023	#5687
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 18 of the 19 years from 2006 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2006–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2006
First recorded at #4157 among girls in England and Wales in 2006 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2006–2024
Highest recorded position: #2215 among girls in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 2006–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Petal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Petal in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	15	3 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	64	10 of 10	6
2020s	29	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Petal appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2215 in England and Wales in 2012.

Petal's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2006 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,215, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Peta · #59, 27y
Petar · #741, 24y
Pete · #720, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Innaya · #2215, 16y
Unaysah · #2215, 22y
Adyaan · #2216, 13y
Gurtej · #2216, 20y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Innaya · #2215, 16y
Unaysah · #2215, 22y
Leo-Jay · #2216, 11y
Yazeed · #2216, 10y

Petal and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Petal without appearing here.

Petal moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4686 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Petal

Francis Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2325 and #2488 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #1863.
Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2325 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2346.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2325 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2504.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3422 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.

Moved the opposite way to Petal

Ada Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Petal went from #4157 to #5891 while Ada went from #976 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Petal went from #4157 to #5891 while Alma went from #1087 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Petal went from #4157 to #5891 while Amelia went from #16 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Petal went from #4157 to #5891 while Aria went from #1280 to #35.

Moved the same way as Petal

Abigail Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Petal went from #4157 to #5891 and Abigail from #23 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Petal went from #4157 to #5891 and Aimee from #65 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Petal went from #4157 to #5891 and Aisling from #1004 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Petal went from #4157 to #5891 and Alex from #279 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2215 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Petal

Petal at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Petal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Petal and the names beside it

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Petal at a glance

Petal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Petal appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Petal and the names beside it

Petal moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Petal

Moved the opposite way to Petal

Moved the same way as Petal