Patsy

#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #8,435
Given to girls 93.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1941 · 4,788 births
Debut · girls
15 births
In top 100 · girls
19 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
119,448
since 1880

Patsy over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #52, 1941peak #314, 1911girlsboys
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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#5,91720
2024#6,64217
2023#6,40918
2022#6,70717
2021#5,95520
2020#6,62917
2019#9,11211
2018#9,15111
2017#7,44215
2016#7,23016
2015#7,26616
2014#6,98717
2013#8,58013
2012#5,89522
2011#9,15012
2010#7,21717
2009#7,34117
2008#6,35021
2007#8,52014
2006#5,54524
2005#5,11325
2004#8,25913
2003#3,18746
2002#4,17930
2001#3,54937
2000#4,07930
1999#3,14841
1998#2,79847
1997#2,77644
1996#2,34056
1995#2,36755
1994#1,82778
1993#1,84178
1992#1,83078#8,4355
1991#1,505103#7,2716
1990#1,433110
1989#1,49696
1988#1,384102#5,7517
1987#1,53183
1986#1,50582#6,7215
1985#1,50581#6,5235
1984#1,63367#4,9737
1983#1,46379#4,4998
1982#1,55176#5,6196
1981#1,32894#5,4686
1980#1,43385#5,5256
1979#1,30196#6,0565
1978#1,241100
1977#1,24796#4,5827
1976#1,022122#4,0128
1975#910143#2,90213
1974#755186#3,31810
1973#716203#3,22310
1972#685214#3,9637
1971#629264#2,81312
1970#565322#2,73912
1969#574295#2,04617
1968#507367#1,50627
1967#444452#1,90617
1966#421497#2,46511
1965#384576#1,55925
1964#334817#1,51027
1963#312892#1,54826
1962#313898#1,80520
1961#2911,019#1,43931
1960#2701,106#1,40032
1959#2381,329#1,66523
1958#2151,453#1,76620
1957#2081,609#1,27837
1956#1921,799#1,28536
1955#1722,013#1,10246
1954#1552,279#1,13743
1953#1412,591#1,07446
1952#1282,826#1,26834
1951#1212,905#1,27933
1950#1172,930#1,13939
1949#1063,347#94653
1948#983,714#87960
1947#874,344#81572
1946#854,017#95249
1945#843,350#92748
1944#723,729#91848
1943#614,355#79768
1942#574,559#78667
1941#524,788#68380
1940#574,079#68678
1939#564,111#65283
1938#554,260#62092
1937#544,243#58497
1936#524,196#529116
1935#563,797#517124
1934#593,750#517127
1933#653,451#432163
1932#773,254#420177
1931#832,869#376221
1930#972,544#388218
1929#1182,042#353252
1928#1451,623#337280
1927#1671,302#332299
1926#198993#363263
1925#250706#344288
1924#293520#336299
1923#364334#338296
1922#396277#331307
1921#449236#326324
1920#492195#346287
1919#528168#324299
1918#520177#342282
1917#469191#354246
1916#602125#333256
1915#570128#343240
1914#58594#353174
1913#56183#367129
1912#47999#346119
1911#50168#31474
1910#46673#55626
1909#53550#55822
1908#51150#47527
1907#58040#63416
1906#54941#8529
1905#53641#39329
1904#61231#53817
1903#76020#55016
1902#55934#74410
1901#57729#55913
1900#48149#74312
1899#68021#9286
1898#57132#7449
1897#66022
1896#65123
1895#68521#9786
1894#51631
1893#61422
1892#63820
1891#55922
1890#69315
1889#49925
1888#53322
1887#49920
1886#49120#9595
1885#45921
1884#43821
1883#42320
1882#44617
1881#49112
1880#43515
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Patsy was already there! It came in at #435, and was given to 15 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2015–2019, when fewer than 17 girls a year got the name.

See more about Patsy
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 725 spots since 2024 (#6,642#5,917)
  • 712 spots since 2020 (#6,629#5,917)
  • 1,349 spots since 2015 (#7,266#5,917)
  • Biggest jump: 199 spots in 1900 (#680#481)
  • Biggest drop: 201 spots in 1903 (#559#760)
Rise & fade · girls
61 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1941 at #52 (4,788 births)
  • Births halved by 1954, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 19 yrs · run 1930–1948
  • Top 1,000: 96 yrs · run 1880–1975
Share of babies · girls
1 in 248
  • Highest: 1 in 248 girls born in 1936 were named Patsy (0.40%)
  • Latest: 1 in 80,363 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #52 in 1941, was only 1 in 252 (0.40%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 33.7% of all girls named Patsy (40,282) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1923
  • Mostly boys until 1922, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s193#423 (1883)#471
1890s229#516 (1894)#627
1900s385#481 (1900)#570
1910s1,206#466 (1910)#528
1920s8,228#118 (1929)#287
1930s36,475#52 (1936)#65
1940s40,282#52 (1941)#76
1950s21,734#117 (1950)#169
1960s6,919#270 (1960)#385
1970s1,746#565 (1970)#907
1980s845#1,328 (1981)#1,483
1990s690#1,433 (1990)#2,187
2000s257#3,187 (2003)#5,612
2010s150#5,895 (2012)#7,803
2020s109#5,917 (2025)#6,377

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.

Patsy in 1975

girls
#910
143 births · 1 in 10,195 girls
boys
#2,902
13 births · 1 in 120,104 boys

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #910Patsy143

Top boys' names in 1975

  1. #1Michael68,418
  2. #2Jason52,159
  3. #3Christopher46,575
  4. #4James39,569
  5. #5David39,156
  6. #6Robert35,306
  7. #7John35,079
  8. #8Brian30,578
  9. #9Matthew28,527
  10. #10William25,561
  11. #2,902Patsy13
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 10,195 of them was named Patsy, which outranked 91.4% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Patsy
  1. #905Kirstin144
  2. #905Rashida144
  3. #905Yadira144
  4. #910Patsy143
  5. #910Daniela143
  6. #910Keshia143
  7. #910Rolanda143
  8. #915Alesha142
  9. #915Mistie142
  10. #917Charissa141

Tied with 4 names at #910; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 1,732Pepper#2,683#951
  2. 1,666Mandie#2,396#730
  3. 1,140Tiana#1,772#632
  4. 779Lacy#1,486#707
  5. 719Lacey#1,284#565
Fallers
  1. 447Nia#672#1,119
  2. 429Alethea#716#1,145
  3. 404Cicely#608#1,012
  4. 307Elaina#994#1,301
  5. 303Cristin#938#1,241

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

boys

1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 120,104 of them was named Patsy, which outranked 54.2% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Patsy
  1. #2,751Wilber14
  2. #2,751Wynn14
  3. #2,751Zvi14
  4. #2,902Patsy13
  5. #2,902Abdon13
  6. #2,902Able13
  7. #2,902Aharon13
  8. #3,078Aman12
  9. #3,078Amish12
  10. #3,078Antoino12

Tied with 175 names at #2,902; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 722Benjiman#1,692#970
  2. 702Marques#1,520#818
  3. 645Glendon#1,409#764
  4. 502Benji#1,124#622
  5. 471Regan#1,409#938
Fallers
  1. 905Toma#882#1,787
  2. 830Vashon#923#1,753
  3. 352Bruno#993#1,345
  4. 327Hollis#953#1,280
  5. 303Domenico#977#1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1975