Petrona
Petronà is a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy. As of 2013 it had an estimated population of 2,667.
Meaning & Origin of Petrona
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Petronà is a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy. As of 2013 it had an estimated population of 2,667.
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The Story of Petrona
Petrona first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1913, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2024, when 45 Petronas were born — ranking #3,439 that year. As of 2026, Petrona ranks #3,840 for baby girls with 39 births, rising sharply (+63% over the past five years). In total, more than 454 Petronas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Petrona
Petrona is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 454 births in the dataset. Petrona's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #3,187. Use the chart and map above to compare Petrona's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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