# Petros (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/petros/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Armenian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 715 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 715 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 142, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), a male given name used in (modern) Greece. The Armenian name is from Armenian Պետրոս (Petros), from the same Greek name. Cognate with English Peter.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 6,901 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,696 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,850 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,417 |
| 2015 | 18 | 5,229 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,454 |
| 2017 | 15 | 5,999 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,492 |
| 2019 | 15 | 6,033 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,932 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,663 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,619 |
| 2023 | 13 | 6,801 |
| 2024 | 16 | 5,837 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,746 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Petros

- Petros Duryan, Armenian poet (1851-1872)
- Petros Adamian, Armenian actor (1849-1891)
- Abraham Petros I Ardzivian, Armenian priest (1679-1749)
- Petros Matheus dos Santos Araujo, Brazilian association football player
- Petros Avetisyan, Armenian football player
- Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark, anthropologist, specialising in Tibetan beliefs and customs
- Petrus Siculus, Byzantine writer (-870)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.