Patricia
#1,334 for girls in 2025, 167 births · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #12,055
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1951 · 56,446 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 70 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,573,623since 1884
Patricia over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,334 | 167 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,292 | 179 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,179 | 203 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,114 | 222 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,153 | 212 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,116 | 217 | — | |
| 2019 | #939 | 281 | — | |
| 2018 | #899 | 299 | — | |
| 2017 | #883 | 308 | — | |
| 2016 | #736 | 387 | — | |
| 2015 | #802 | 351 | — | |
| 2014 | #738 | 380 | — | |
| 2013 | #676 | 419 | — | |
| 2012 | #710 | 396 | — | |
| 2011 | #658 | 431 | — | |
| 2010 | #617 | 479 | — | |
| 2009 | #534 | 565 | — | |
| 2008 | #498 | 630 | — | |
| 2007 | #441 | 728 | — | |
| 2006 | #411 | 776 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #356 | 880 | — | |
| 2004 | #317 | 998 | — | |
| 2003 | #307 | 1,011 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #280 | 1,115 | — | |
| 2001 | #260 | 1,224 | — | |
| 2000 | #226 | 1,393 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #201 | 1,532 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #180 | 1,704 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #169 | 1,781 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #159 | 1,970 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #150 | 2,161 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #135 | 2,363 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #125 | 2,659 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #111 | 2,950 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #101 | 3,419 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #97 | 3,579 | #1,946 | 39 |
| 1989 | #89 | 3,603 | #1,658 | 47 |
| 1988 | #77 | 3,799 | #1,645 | 43 |
| 1987 | #76 | 3,913 | #1,734 | 38 |
| 1986 | #66 | 4,246 | #1,662 | 38 |
| 1985 | #64 | 4,402 | #1,724 | 35 |
| 1984 | #66 | 4,476 | #1,764 | 32 |
| 1983 | #60 | 4,926 | #1,787 | 31 |
| 1982 | #59 | 5,168 | #1,441 | 44 |
| 1981 | #53 | 5,284 | #1,996 | 27 |
| 1980 | #51 | 5,310 | #1,547 | 39 |
| 1979 | #44 | 5,650 | #1,532 | 38 |
| 1978 | #48 | 5,498 | #1,616 | 34 |
| 1977 | #47 | 5,903 | #1,670 | 32 |
| 1976 | #43 | 6,017 | #1,541 | 35 |
| 1975 | #36 | 7,053 | #1,704 | 29 |
| 1974 | #29 | 8,036 | #1,198 | 48 |
| 1973 | #27 | 8,476 | #1,136 | 52 |
| 1972 | #27 | 9,602 | #1,177 | 48 |
| 1971 | #26 | 11,470 | #1,150 | 51 |
| 1970 | #24 | 13,406 | #951 | 71 |
| 1969 | #18 | 14,959 | #951 | 65 |
| 1968 | #15 | 15,803 | #869 | 69 |
| 1967 | #11 | 17,753 | #900 | 64 |
| 1966 | #7 | 20,112 | #809 | 81 |
| 1965 | #6 | 23,552 | #926 | 64 |
| 1964 | #5 | 26,091 | #823 | 84 |
| 1963 | #7 | 25,374 | #880 | 72 |
| 1962 | #6 | 26,532 | #845 | 80 |
| 1961 | #6 | 28,889 | #870 | 77 |
| 1960 | #7 | 32,113 | #905 | 70 |
| 1959 | #6 | 35,223 | #817 | 87 |
| 1958 | #5 | 37,961 | #721 | 106 |
| 1957 | #8 | 39,283 | #786 | 91 |
| 1956 | #6 | 43,329 | #727 | 102 |
| 1955 | #6 | 46,226 | #763 | 91 |
| 1954 | #4 | 49,149 | #717 | 101 |
| 1953 | #4 | 51,019 | #634 | 127 |
| 1952 | #3 | 53,101 | #681 | 104 |
| 1951 | #3 | 56,446 | #623 | 128 |
| 1950 | #3 | 47,944 | #750 | 84 |
| 1949 | #3 | 46,324 | #676 | 103 |
| 1948 | #4 | 46,140 | #686 | 95 |
| 1947 | #3 | 51,278 | #624 | 120 |
| 1946 | #3 | 46,297 | #611 | 111 |
| 1945 | #4 | 35,844 | #608 | 99 |
| 1944 | #4 | 36,874 | #573 | 115 |
| 1943 | #3 | 39,620 | #515 | 146 |
| 1942 | #3 | 39,465 | #486 | 159 |
| 1941 | #3 | 36,905 | #475 | 154 |
| 1940 | #3 | 32,665 | #487 | 140 |
| 1939 | #3 | 29,701 | #547 | 110 |
| 1938 | #3 | 27,560 | #565 | 107 |
| 1937 | #3 | 26,838 | #581 | 98 |
| 1936 | #5 | 23,916 | #577 | 100 |
| 1935 | #5 | 22,879 | #633 | 86 |
| 1934 | #6 | 20,844 | #742 | 68 |
| 1933 | #6 | 18,632 | #677 | 76 |
| 1932 | #6 | 17,992 | #980 | 45 |
| 1931 | #8 | 16,469 | #974 | 46 |
| 1930 | #7 | 15,751 | #928 | 52 |
| 1929 | #10 | 13,624 | #1,044 | 43 |
| 1928 | #11 | 12,331 | #1,272 | 32 |
| 1927 | #18 | 10,554 | #1,163 | 38 |
| 1926 | #23 | 8,586 | #1,353 | 29 |
| 1925 | #28 | 8,096 | #1,583 | 23 |
| 1924 | #35 | 6,957 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1923 | #56 | 4,800 | — | |
| 1922 | #68 | 3,902 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #84 | 3,380 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #104 | 2,502 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #114 | 2,144 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #133 | 1,760 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #146 | 1,441 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #174 | 1,078 | — | |
| 1915 | #189 | 895 | — | |
| 1914 | #201 | 656 | — | |
| 1913 | #190 | 588 | — | |
| 1912 | #195 | 504 | — | |
| 1911 | #218 | 325 | — | |
| 1910 | #205 | 316 | — | |
| 1909 | #234 | 233 | — | |
| 1908 | #238 | 205 | — | |
| 1907 | #260 | 177 | — | |
| 1906 | #263 | 157 | — | |
| 1905 | #306 | 121 | — | |
| 1904 | #286 | 124 | — | |
| 1903 | #355 | 79 | — | |
| 1902 | #344 | 85 | — | |
| 1901 | #364 | 68 | — | |
| 1900 | #360 | 87 | — | |
| 1899 | #389 | 55 | — | |
| 1898 | #448 | 46 | — | |
| 1897 | #419 | 49 | — | |
| 1896 | #478 | 37 | — | |
| 1895 | #493 | 35 | — | |
| 1894 | #463 | 36 | — | |
| 1893 | #520 | 28 | — | |
| 1892 | #616 | 21 | — | |
| 1891 | #796 | 12 | — | |
| 1890 | #825 | 11 | — | |
| 1889 | #620 | 17 | — | |
| 1888 | #753 | 12 | — | |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 | — | |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Patricia! It came in at #930, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
See more about Patricia
- 42 spots since 2024 (#1,292 → #1,334)
- 218 spots since 2020 (#1,116 → #1,334)
- 532 spots since 2015 (#802 → #1,334)
- Biggest jump: 219 spots in 1886 (#1,047 → #828)
- Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1890 (#620 → #825)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1951 at #3 (56,446 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: 38 yrs · run 1929–1966
- Top 100: 70 yrs · run 1921–1990
- Top 1,000: 135 yrs · run 1886–2019
- Highest: 1 in 32 girls born in 1951 were named Patricia (3.1%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,624 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 29.2% of all girls named Patricia (459,681) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 58 | #620 (1889) | #819 |
| 1890s | 330 | #389 (1899) | #545 |
| 1900s | 1,336 | #234 (1909) | #301 |
| 1910s | 9,707 | #114 (1919) | #177 |
| 1920s | 74,732 | #10 (1929) | #44 |
| 1930s | 220,582 | #3 (1939) | #5 |
| 1940s | 411,412 | #3 (1947) | #3 |
| 1950s | 459,681 | #3 (1951) | #5 |
| 1960s | 231,178 | #5 (1964) | #9 |
| 1970s | 81,111 | #24 (1970) | #35 |
| 1980s | 45,127 | #51 (1980) | #66 |
| 1990s | 24,118 | #97 (1990) | #143 |
| 2000s | 9,320 | #226 (2000) | #363 |
| 2010s | 3,731 | #617 (2010) | #766 |
| 2020s | 1,200 | #1,114 (2022) | #1,198 |
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.
Patricia in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 145 of them was named Patricia, which outranked 99.7% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 34,675 of them was named Patricia, which outranked 79.7% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,138Val52
- #1,138Wally52
- #1,138Wilton52
- #1,150Patricia51
- #1,150Adalberto51
- #1,150Booker51
- #1,150Davy51
- #1,157Arlen50
- #1,157Arlo50
- #1,157Darold50
Tied with 6 names at #1,150; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.