Petru

maleStatistical record

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

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

Petru: Recorded every year since 2011, it reached #741 in 2020, and it stood at #1,951 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
14years from first to last
#741highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2011–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2011	#3830
2012	#3987
2013	#2954
2014	#2690
2015	#2150
2016	#1704
2017	#1124
2018	#1158
2019	#1113
2020	#1379
2021	#1290
2022	#1692
2023	#1533
2024	#1951

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2011 to 2024.

In 2020: #741 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1379 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2011–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2011
First recorded at #3830 among boys in England and Wales in 2011 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Petru 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 2011 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #741 in Republic of Ireland in 2020.

Petru'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	male	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1290	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1379	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1113	24	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1158	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1124	25	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	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 2011 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #741, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2020, and 9 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.

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.

Petrina · #305, 24y
Petros · #1439, 20y
Petter · #28, 81y
Peyton · #48, 29y

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.

Ekin · #741, 13y
Iacob · #741, 9y
Kaysen · #741, 13y
Thorin · #741, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2010 and 2019.

Iacob · #741, 9y
Kaysen · #741, 13y
Viaan · #745, 13y
Aavya · #736, 10y

Petru was ranked #741 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2020. 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.

Petru 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 Petru without appearing here.

Petru moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Aria Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3987 and #3039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2150 and #4747.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2954 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2690 and #4632.
Gustav Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2150 and #1786 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1704 and #3478.

Moved ahead of Petru

Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #1460.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1533 and #1363.

Moved the opposite way to Petru

Aaron Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Petru went from #3830 to #1951 while Aaron went from #58 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Petru went from #3830 to #1951 while Alan went from #199 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Petru went from #3830 to #1951 while Alex went from #59 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Petru went from #3830 to #1951 while Alexander went from #23 to #36.

Moved the same way as Petru

Aksel Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Petru went from #3830 to #1951 and Aksel from #2892 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Petru went from #3830 to #1951 and Albie from #218 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Petru went from #3830 to #1951 and Alfred from #158 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Petru went from #3830 to #1951 and Archie from #24 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 2011 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #741 in Republic of Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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