How Many People Are Named Petronella?
people named Petronella are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 11,785,684 people in the US has this name
Based on 335 babies named Petronella in Social Security records from 1884 to 1949, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
19 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Dutch and Swedish form of PETRONILLA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Petronella in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Petronella alive today is about 84 years old, and 100% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 78 and 87 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Petronella first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1916, to 19 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1949.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 1949
🏆 Rank History
Petronella has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,137, in 1884.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,137 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,892 in the 1910s |
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