Petrea

peht-REE-uh /pɛtˈɹiə/
girl 2 syllables fading

Petrea is a very rare variant of Peter that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.

Petrea is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1978. Petrea was first reported in SSA data in 1941 and peaked in 1942 (10 births).

About the name Petrea

Pronunciationpeht-REE-uh /pɛtˈɹiə/
CultureIcelandicRomanian
10peak births 1942
1941first in SSA data

Names similar to Petrea

How popular is Petrea?

Girls named Petrea
19411950196019701978
Girls named Petrea per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1941–1978 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–1978) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Petrea total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
19785—#10,947
19755—#10,154
19745—#9,779
19625—#7,314
19587—#5,276
19545—#6,404
19535—#6,314
19526—#5,409
19495—#5,849
194210—#3,154
19415—#4,919