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How popular is the name Peta?
Births per year, rank history and how many Petas are alive today.
Peta (female) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2017 (ranked 5765th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2000, when 6 babies were given the name, the 2416th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2014, with 6 babies given the name that year.
The Peta you are most likely to meet is around 25 years old - or else around 13: the name has two living generations. Half of all Petas born in England and Wales are between 13 and 31, and there are at least 120 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Peta - on average, only one in every 2,625 such rooms contains a Peta.
How many babies are named Peta each year?
Where does Peta rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Peta most popular?
Peta peaked in 2000, when 6 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Peta?
At least 120 people named Peta born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Peta?
Most living Petas are between 13 and 31; the most common age is about 25. There is a second cluster around 13.
Is Peta becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.