Pat

Last seen for girls in 1991 at #11,509 · Last seen for boys in 2014 at #12,108
Given to girls 60.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
1941 · 1,900 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
40,123
since 1897

Pat over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201908peak #134, 1941peak #240, 1937girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014#12,1085
2013#12,1365
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006#6,90411
2005#10,1516
2004
2003#10,8945
2002#10,6675
2001
2000#9,1126
1999
1998#7,5607
1997#8,1106
1996
1995#4,28014
1994#5,8689
1993#6,2288
1992#3,10521
1991#11,5096#2,60626
1990#3,05820
1989#10,8476#3,20518
1988#2,68221
1987#9,8256#2,64120
1986#6,61210#2,60120
1985#9,3076#2,42721
1984#8,1537#2,36421
1983#5,45712#2,14024
1982#6,37110#2,05926
1981#1,76632
1980#6,31910#2,05826
1979#5,09213#1,75332
1978#4,45915#1,50838
1977#4,23516#1,40742
1976#4,15415#1,22550
1975#3,77417#1,06561
1974#2,61628#1,12453
1973#2,45530#84787
1972#2,59827#82694
1971#1,87746#702139
1970#2,24035#586191
1969#1,95541#515227
1968#1,41863#452289
1967#1,20478#406355
1966#991106#375411
1965#780162#332518
1964#606273#282749
1963#548311#283738
1962#439484#265830
1961#390611#258929
1960#349755#2531,000
1959#2831,002#259948
1958#2741,042#267844
1957#319815#302634
1956#439435#360418
1955#477359#401329
1954#520291#405314
1953#556247#400306
1952#485300#378328
1951#465325#383315
1950#386440#343384
1949#299667#305496
1948#2071,249#272596
1947#1641,824#245720
1946#1471,871#249623
1945#1541,520#264492
1944#1541,592#268495
1943#1451,840#267519
1942#1441,824#248534
1941#1341,900#241530
1940#1341,863#249482
1939#1421,659#255446
1938#1491,533#268420
1937#1471,529#240483
1936#1521,344#262421
1935#1501,327#253458
1934#1621,204#242472
1933#1601,146#270380
1932#1771,061#254449
1931#197926#274407
1930#227734#295373
1929#262597#292363
1928#308457#296360
1927#334407#338287
1926#366338#337297
1925#499198#336295
1924#585158#388240
1923#692112#395227
1922#74296#398229
1921#85375#406223
1920#81978#416204
1919#80077#441180
1918#85970#404215
1917#96452#415185
1916#85663#421177
1915#97946#419166
1914#87045#424128
1913#98130#45690
1912#90331#45675
1911#95821#40949
1910#99719#32458
1909#1,05215#36542
1908#1,13513#38936
1907#1,20611#38833
1906#1,5537#35035
1905#1,6966#34635
1904#1,6596#34035
1903#1,3188#33033
1902#1,4387#33135
1901#31432
1900#29250
1899#34627
1898#1,3797#45220
1897#1,5555#32732
1896#36727
1895#30136
1894#33628
1893#34127
1892#38424
1891#44116
1890#32229
1889#41519
1888#33030
1887#37719
1886#35723
1885#36423
1884#34426
1883#38120
1882#32428
1881#37520
1880#52612
First appearance
1897

The first year at least five girls were named Pat! It came in at #1,555, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1899–1901, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Pat
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
  • Biggest jump: 133 spots in 1926 (#499#366)
  • Biggest drop: 213 spots in 1967 (#991#1,204)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1897
  • Peaked 1941 at #134 (1,900 births)
  • Births halved by 1949, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1910–1966
Share of babies · girls
1 in 614
  • Highest: 1 in 614 girls born in 1940 were named Pat (0.16%)
  • Latest: 1 in 312,501 girls born in 1991 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #134 in 1941, was only 1 in 636 (0.16%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 40.3% of all girls named Pat (16,150) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1960
  • Mostly girls until 1959, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s12#1,379 (1898)#1,467
1900s73#1,052 (1909)#1,382
1910s454#800 (1919)#917
1920s2,516#262 (1929)#546
1930s12,463#142 (1939)#166
1940s16,150#134 (1941)#168
1950s5,256#274 (1958)#420
1960s2,884#349 (1960)#868
1970s242#1,877 (1971)#3,350
1980s67#5,457 (1983)#7,861
1990s6#11,509 (1991)#11,509

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Pat in 1908

girls
#1,135
13 births · 1 in 25,716 girls
boys
#389
36 births · 1 in 4,287 boys

Top girls' names in 1908

  1. #1Mary18,665
  2. #2Helen8,439
  3. #3Margaret6,976
  4. #4Ruth6,180
  5. #5Anna5,860
  6. #6Dorothy5,703
  7. #7Elizabeth4,904
  8. #8Mildred4,624
  9. #9Alice4,270
  10. #10Marie4,076
  11. #1,135Pat13

Top boys' names in 1908

  1. #1John9,343
  2. #2William7,529
  3. #3James7,012
  4. #4George4,584
  5. #5Robert4,219
  6. #6Joseph4,162
  7. #7Charles3,929
  8. #8Frank3,146
  9. #9Edward2,707
  10. #10Thomas2,301
  11. #389Pat36
More about 1908

girls

334,312 girls got a published name in 1908; 1 in 25,716 of them was named Pat, which outranked 53.4% of the 2,434 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pat
  1. #1,084Tomasa14
  2. #1,084Vira14
  3. #1,084Yvette14
  4. #1,135Pat13
  5. #1,135Abigail13
  6. #1,135Alleen13
  7. #1,135Alverda13
  8. #1,203Agness12
  9. #1,203Ailene12
  10. #1,203Albena12

Tied with 67 names at #1,135; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1907
Risers
  1. 1,122Bernetta#2,061#939
  2. 1,122Nila#2,061#939
  3. 909Arnetta#1,821#912
  4. 703Edra#1,512#809
  5. 703Hertha#1,512#809
Fallers
  1. 1,261Aurore#840#2,101
  2. 1,178Tula#923#2,101
  3. 1,111Oneida#990#2,101
  4. 1,043Walter#819#1,862
  5. 1,022Gayle#840#1,862

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

154,336 boys got a published name in 1908; 1 in 4,287 of them was named Pat, which outranked 75.4% of the 1,584 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pat
  1. #383Palmer37
  2. #383Stewart37
  3. #383Wade37
  4. #389Pat36
  5. #389Alva36
  6. #389Dee36
  7. #389Junius36
  8. #400Ferdinand35
  9. #400Napoleon35
  10. #400Saul35

Tied with 10 names at #389; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1907
Risers
  1. 634Ludwig#1,200#566
  2. 633Norval#1,345#712
  3. 601Duke#1,345#744
  4. 601Francesco#1,345#744
  5. 601Guss#1,345#744
Fallers
  1. 709Elden#664#1,373
  2. 709Minor#664#1,373
  3. 595Ezell#778#1,373
  4. 595Fleming#778#1,373
  5. 558Bessie#815#1,373

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1908