Petre

Boys' name

Stone, rock, through Peter

Petre has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1970. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1970, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Petre, 1970

1 in 721,000

Petre over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Petre: meaning, origin, and history

Stone, rock, through Peter

Ancient Greek

What Petre means

Petre belongs to the name family reached through Petre → Peter. Its meaning is “stone, rock”.

Origin, language, and formation

Petre is used in English and Romanian. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Peter.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Petre is pronounced /ˈpiːtə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Petre between 1970 and 1970. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1970; its best national rank was #5,253 in 1970.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Petre?

Petre had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1970, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1970: 1 in 721,000; 5 of 3,606,302 births
Among boys only: 1 in 372,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1970: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 499,941 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Petre sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1970 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 499,941 children born in 1970 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Petre. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Petres were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Petre was born before 1970 — so the typical Petre is around 55 today.

Median birth year: 1970; About 55 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Petre rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1970 (5)
Years since peak: 55; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #5,253; 1970

Spellings of Petre

Petre is not the most common spelling — Peter is, with 69.8% against Petre's <0.01%.

Peter69.8%589,588
Pedro11.1%94,083
Perry9.0%76,044
Pete5.2%43,530
Pierre2.3%19,069
Tre0.70%5,892
Jere0.51%4,278
Pearl0.46%3,922

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Petre around the world

Where Petre ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1957–1995
#533
in 1995

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Petre by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,253; 1970
Peak year: 1970; 5 that year
First recorded: 1970
Last recorded: 1970
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Petre

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Petrit Petrus Pettus Antre Peteris Petrick Petey Petie Pet Petra Dametre Leontre Deautre Jontre Vontre Latre Petter Kentre Quantre Petro Kevontre Petar Peterjames Petr

Sibling names for Petre

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Nicolle Janeen Corinna Marlo Lashawn Shonda Jeana Jeanna

For a brother

Judd Douglass Alfonzo Edwardo Shon Brant Scot Darrick

Explore around Petre

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