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

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Peak · girls
1950 · 226 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,147
since 1911

Patrica over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Patrica has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #551, 1950girls
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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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2004#14,1796—
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1992#3,77328—
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First appearance
1911

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 1949

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedMNIllinois: #539 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 8,581 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedINOhio: #459 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 7,226 girlsOHPennsylvania: #513 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 9,337 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #629 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 8,709 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedNEMissouri: #520 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,749 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedWVVirginia: #499 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,147 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedKSArkansas: #437 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,469 girlsARTennessee: #405 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,711 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #480 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,007 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #473 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,561 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #553 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,711 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedMSAlabama: #455 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,344 girlsALGeorgia: #404 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,260 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedHITexas: #753 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 10,525 girlsTXFlorida: #486 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,387 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Georgia#404 · 1 in 4,260
  2. Tennessee#405 · 1 in 4,711
  3. Arkansas#437 · 1 in 4,469
  4. Alabama#455 · 1 in 5,344
  5. Ohio#459 · 1 in 7,226

Best ever in a state: #279 in South Carolina, 1954.

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Georgia#404101 in 4,260
Tennessee#40581 in 4,711
Arkansas#43751 in 4,469
Alabama#45571 in 5,344
Ohio#459121 in 7,226
South Carolina#47351 in 5,561
North Carolina#48071 in 7,007
Florida#48651 in 5,387
Virginia#49951 in 7,147
Pennsylvania#513111 in 9,337
Missouri#52051 in 7,749
Illinois#539101 in 8,581
Louisiana#55351 in 6,711
California#629131 in 8,709
Texas#75391 in 10,525
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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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
  • Biggest jump: 156 spots in 1936 (#904 → #748)
  • Biggest drop: 116 spots in 1972 (#833 → #949)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 1950 at #551 (226 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 44 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1930–1973
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,423
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 26.9% of all girls named Patrica (2,457) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s111#1,645 (1918)#2,397
1920s370#1,042 (1927)#1,345
1930s731#618 (1939)#824
1940s1,339#628 (1941)#669
1950s2,403#551 (1950)#591
1960s2,457#569 (1962)#642
1970s1,083#833 (1971)#1,203
1980s404#1,817 (1983)#2,586
1990s168#3,773 (1992)#6,044
2000s81#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 1949

girls
#644
166 births · 1 in 10,306 girls

Top girls' names in 1949

  1. #1Linda91,015
  2. #2Mary66,874
  3. #3Patricia46,324
  4. #4Barbara42,600
  5. #5Susan37,709
  6. #6Sandra30,643
  7. #7Nancy29,249
  8. #8Carol26,780
  9. #9Kathleen26,357
  10. #10Sharon25,713
  11. #644Patrica166
More about 1949

girls

1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 10,306 of them was named Patrica, which outranked 89.4% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Patrica
  1. #641Dorene168
  2. #641Janell168
  3. #643Twila167
  4. #644Patrica166
  5. #644Concetta166
  6. #646Annmarie164
  7. #646Cleo164
  8. #646Kristi164

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. ↑ 937Sharman#1,708 → #771
  2. ↑ 665Roseanna#1,422 → #757
  3. ↑ 483Shauna#1,173 → #690
  4. ↑ 293Jacalyn#1,116 → #823
  5. ↑ 267Sanjuana#1,185 → #918
Fallers
  1. ↓ 339Sandie#939 → #1,278
  2. ↓ 296Syble#955 → #1,251
  3. ↓ 272Shirleen#964 → #1,236
  4. ↓ 266Ginny#734 → #1,000
  5. ↓ 260Dina#861 → #1,121

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

See the top 100 for 1949 →