Is Petros a boy or girl name?

Petros is a boy’s name. Of the 715 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Petros

Recorded 1964–2025 · United States

Petros was most popular in 2007, when 20 American babies were given the name — ranking #10,805 that year. In 2025 it ranked #17,163, with 9 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 715 people named Petros.

Petros over time

Births per year. The dot marks Petros’s peak in 2007. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Petros a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Petros is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 715 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org