Name meaning & stats
Petra
Petra means “rock” (Ancient Greek origin). 9,667 US babies since 1940, peak 2015.
What it means
“rock”
Ancient GreekWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2015
9,667 US babies were named Petra between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Petra (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 2015)