How Many People Are Named Petar?
people named Petar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 553,049 people in the US has this name
Based on 641 babies named Petar in Social Security records from 1963 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
21 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of PETER.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Petar in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Petar alive today is about 24 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Petar first appears in the records in 1963 and was given most often in 2006, to 21 babies. In 2025, 14 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1963 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Petar has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,167, in 1968. In 2025 it ranked #6,350.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,350 |
| Best rank | #2,167 (1968) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,551 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Petar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Petar were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 59 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Petar was given about 21.6 times as often in Illinois.
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