Petrina

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Petrina: Recorded since 1968, it reached #305 in 1973, and it was last ranked in 2009.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
42years from first to last
#305highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2009

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2738
1998	#3848
1999	#2444
2003	#3594
2004	#4598
2009	#5556

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 Republic of Ireland in 17 of the 23 years from 1968 to 1990.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1968–2009 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1968
First recorded at #401 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1968–1990
Highest recorded position: #305 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1973 (recorded 1968–1990).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2009
Most recently recorded at #5556 among girls in England and Wales, in 2009.
England and Wales · Girls

Petrina appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 17 years beginning in 1968, and has registered 93 births with the name.

Petrina across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Petrina's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#401 (1968)	#305 (1973)	#517 (1990)	17 of 23	93 (1968–1990)	10 (1973)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#2444 (1999)	#5556 (2009)	7 of 14	28 (1996–2009)	6 (1999)

Petrina by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Petrina in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	7	2 of 10	4
1970sbusiest	53	9 of 10	6
1980s	30	5 of 10	6
1990s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Petrina appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1968 to 2009. Highest recorded position: #305 in Republic of Ireland in 1973.

Petrina'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
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	8	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	7	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#330	9	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#305	10	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#349	6	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	4	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1968 and 2009, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #305, first reached in 1973.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1973.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,556position in 2009, its most recent recorded year
28 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
10births registered in its largest year, 1973Under 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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Petros · #1439, 20y
Petru · #741, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Al · #305, 28y
Eathan · #305, 19y
Hafsah · #305, 29y
Kamran · #305, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Etain · #305, 29y
Ole-Kristian · #305, 39y
Gintaras · #307, 28y
Hillary · #307, 33y

Petrina was ranked #305 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1973. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Petrina 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 Petrina without appearing here.

Petrina moved ahead of

Jude Compare
In 1979 they stood at #388 and #348 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1980 that had become #370 and #542.
Violet Compare
In 1979 they stood at #468 and #369 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1980 that had become #370 and #542.
Rhonda Compare
In 1985 they stood at #476 and #438 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1986 that had become #388 and #521.
Ingrid Compare
In 1985 they stood at #476 and #347 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1986 that had become #388 and #458.

Moved ahead of Petrina

Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2738 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #1392.
Luca Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2738 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #2407.
Selma Compare
In 1996 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #2738 and #1958.
Meabh Compare
In 1989 they stood at #388 and #422 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1990 that had become #517 and #201.

Moved the opposite way to Petrina

Saoirse Compare
Between 1971 and 1990 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Petrina went from #349 to #517 while Saoirse went from #417 to #192.
Katie Compare
Between 1973 and 1990 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Petrina went from #305 to #517 while Katie went from #508 to #25.
Leanne Compare
Between 1973 and 1990 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Petrina went from #305 to #517 while Leanne went from #402 to #26.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1968 to 2009. Highest recorded position: #305 in Republic of Ireland in 1973. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Petrina

Petrina at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Petrina across 2 official records

Petrina by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Petrina appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Petrina

Petrina and the names beside it

Petrina moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Petrina

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Petrina at a glance

Petrina across 2 official records

Petrina by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Petrina appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Petrina

Petrina and the names beside it

Petrina moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Petrina

Moved the opposite way to Petrina