Patrica
Last seen for girls in 2009 at #15,242 · Last seen for boys in 1962 at #4,033
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1950 · 226 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,147since 1911
Patrica over time
Rank among girls' names. Patrica has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | — | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | — | |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,773 | 28 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,566 | 28 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,987 | 34 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,972 | 32 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,203 | 28 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,804 | 33 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,149 | 46 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,817 | 58 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,220 | 45 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,985 | 53 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,154 | 47 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,814 | 59 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,523 | 73 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,621 | 65 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,252 | 89 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,269 | 88 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,023 | 117 | — | |
| 1973 | #917 | 134 | — | |
| 1972 | #949 | 128 | — | |
| 1971 | #833 | 166 | — | |
| 1970 | #833 | 164 | — | |
| 1969 | #812 | 161 | — | |
| 1968 | #762 | 170 | — | |
| 1967 | #649 | 218 | — | |
| 1966 | #598 | 250 | — | |
| 1965 | #616 | 250 | — | |
| 1964 | #573 | 295 | — | |
| 1963 | #610 | 271 | — | |
| 1962 | #569 | 302 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #621 | 270 | — | |
| 1960 | #609 | 270 | — | |
| 1959 | #616 | 259 | — | |
| 1958 | #618 | 255 | — | |
| 1957 | #575 | 283 | — | |
| 1956 | #580 | 264 | — | |
| 1955 | #616 | 227 | — | |
| 1954 | #585 | 237 | — | |
| 1953 | #627 | 202 | — | |
| 1952 | #581 | 222 | — | |
| 1951 | #560 | 228 | — | |
| 1950 | #551 | 226 | — | |
| 1949 | #644 | 166 | — | |
| 1948 | #672 | 155 | — | |
| 1947 | #638 | 168 | — | |
| 1946 | #635 | 154 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #667 | 122 | — | |
| 1944 | #718 | 110 | — | |
| 1943 | #666 | 130 | — | |
| 1942 | #697 | 114 | — | |
| 1941 | #628 | 127 | — | |
| 1940 | #721 | 93 | — | |
| 1939 | #618 | 120 | — | |
| 1938 | #698 | 97 | — | |
| 1937 | #824 | 69 | — | |
| 1936 | #748 | 80 | — | |
| 1935 | #904 | 58 | — | |
| 1934 | #815 | 68 | — | |
| 1933 | #801 | 69 | — | |
| 1932 | #953 | 55 | — | |
| 1931 | #920 | 57 | — | |
| 1930 | #956 | 58 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,094 | 45 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,254 | 37 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,042 | 54 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,133 | 45 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,272 | 38 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,244 | 41 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,428 | 32 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,536 | 29 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,821 | 23 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,626 | 26 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,649 | 24 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,645 | 24 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Patrica! It came in at #2,463, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2003, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Patrica is popular in 1946
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#354 · 1 in 3,293
- Alabama#366 · 1 in 3,543
- New Jersey#400 · 1 in 5,919
- Washington#407 · 1 in 4,473
- Tennessee#414 · 1 in 5,154
Best ever in a state: #279 in South Carolina, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #354 | 12 | 1 in 3,293 |
| Alabama | #366 | 10 | 1 in 3,543 |
| New Jersey | #400 | 7 | 1 in 5,919 |
| Washington | #407 | 5 | 1 in 4,473 |
| Tennessee | #414 | 7 | 1 in 5,154 |
| Arkansas | #419 | 5 | 1 in 4,217 |
| Kentucky | #425 | 6 | 1 in 5,406 |
| Michigan | #447 | 9 | 1 in 6,899 |
| South Carolina | #470 | 5 | 1 in 5,153 |
| North Carolina | #482 | 7 | 1 in 6,663 |
| Ohio | #571 | 7 | 1 in 10,981 |
| New York | #596 | 12 | 1 in 11,044 |
| Illinois | #604 | 7 | 1 in 11,165 |
| Texas | #734 | 9 | 1 in 9,229 |
| Pennsylvania | #759 | 5 | 1 in 19,850 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Patrica
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
- Biggest jump: 156 spots in 1936 (#904 → #748)
- Biggest drop: 116 spots in 1972 (#833 → #949)
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1950 at #551 (226 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1930–1973
- Highest: 1 in 6,423 girls born in 1964 were named Patrica (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 306,186 girls born in 2009 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #551 in 1950, was only 1 in 7,580 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.9% of all girls named Patrica (2,457) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 111 | #1,645 (1918) | #2,397 |
| 1920s | 370 | #1,042 (1927) | #1,345 |
| 1930s | 731 | #618 (1939) | #824 |
| 1940s | 1,339 | #628 (1941) | #669 |
| 1950s | 2,403 | #551 (1950) | #591 |
| 1960s | 2,457 | #569 (1962) | #642 |
| 1970s | 1,083 | #833 (1971) | #1,203 |
| 1980s | 404 | #1,817 (1983) | #2,586 |
| 1990s | 168 | #3,773 (1992) | #6,044 |
| 2000s | 81 | #7,317 (2001) | #11,734 |
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.
Patrica in 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 10,203 of them was named Patrica, which outranked 88.8% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #632Arline155
- #632Elinor155
- #632Portia155
- #635Patrica154
- #635Carmela154
- #635Evangeline154
- #635Heidi154
- #640Caren153
- #641Odessa152
- #641Shannon152
Tied with 4 names at #635; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 324,805 of them was named Patrica, which outranked 12.3% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 493 names at #3,525; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.