Patty

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1972 at #4,986
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1959 · 3,113 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
62,452
since 1880

Patty over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Patty has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #140, 1959girls
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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#14,9425
2024#12,1617
2023
2022
2021#13,4646
2020
2019
2018
2017#12,7137
2016#12,8767
2015#13,0067
2014#13,0697
2013#13,1507
2012#9,71111
2011#10,37410
2010#13,4487
2009#9,37912
2008#8,96513
2007#7,09218
2006#10,61110
2005#6,82017
2004#10,6909
2003#7,20715
2002#6,12918
2001#4,44727
2000#5,93718
1999#5,21920
1998#5,12320
1997#4,00727
1996#4,05926
1995#3,78028
1994#3,70429
1993#2,60047
1992#2,68745
1991#2,42052
1990#2,23457
1989#2,37149
1988#1,57983
1987#1,77666
1986#1,73667
1985#1,62173
1984#1,41482
1983#1,183110
1982#1,107127
1981#1,093127
1980#1,206109
1979#1,069129
1978#958145
1977#854172
1976#753192
1975#628251
1974#542311
1973#504341
1972#457407#4,9865
1971#413514
1970#395595
1969#344679
1968#324719
1967#286889#2,9858
1966#2561,110
1965#1981,664#3,9305
1964#1672,348#3,6016
1963#1762,194
1962#1722,332
1961#1572,650#3,0978
1960#1452,936
1959#1403,113#2,66310
1958#1462,789
1957#1742,169#3,9935
1956#2131,447#3,2167
1955#2221,330#3,8865
1954#2271,249
1953#2391,139
1952#2451,045
1951#252923
1950#251902
1949#2301,044
1948#2171,138#3,6685
1947#2031,318
1946#1911,289#2,9197
1945#1921,059#2,3939
1944#203981#2,8627
1943#1871,186#2,07413
1942#1861,164#2,26811
1941#1761,139#2,8727
1940#1751,099
1939#1811,052#2,4499
1938#1751,158#2,18511
1937#1801,112#2,6808
1936#183986#3,1476
1935#190916
1934#1731,072#3,6795
1933#191894
1932#214839#3,0927
1931#213827#2,6519
1930#223769#2,44411
1929#250632#3,2477
1928#292512#3,6976
1927#319437#4,2105
1926#379324#4,2015
1925#419270
1924#537181
1923#625139#3,4677
1922#706106#4,3075
1921#84577#4,3225
1920#78086#4,2865
1919#93357
1918#1,03149
1917#1,00249#3,9815
1916#1,05943#3,1777
1915#1,02542
1914#1,17527#2,9156
1913#1,22921
1912#1,05524
1911#1,24114
1910#1,26713
1909#1,4719
1908#1,4399
1907#1,6397
1906#1,4168
1905#1,05713
1904#1,4867
1903#1,5926
1902#1,5946
1901#1,2278
1900#1,3199
1899#1,3946
1898
1897
1896#1,4166
1895#1,5925
1894#1,3536
1893#1,0239
1892
1891
1890
1889#1,2795
1888#1,0367
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883#8176
1882
1881
1880#5809
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Patty was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Patty
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • 2,781 spots since 2024 (#12,161#14,942)
  • 1,936 spots since 2015 (#13,006#14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 153 spots in 1920 (#933#780)
  • Biggest drop: 125 spots in 1976 (#628#753)
Rise & fade · girls
79 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1959 at #140 (3,113 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 62 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1919–1978
Share of babies · girls
1 in 650
  • Highest: 1 in 650 girls born in 1959 were named Patty (0.15%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 28.1% of all girls named Patty (17,521) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s27#580 (1880)#928
1890s32#1,023 (1893)#1,356
1900s82#1,057 (1905)#1,424
1910s339#933 (1919)#1,102
1920s2,764#250 (1929)#515
1930s9,625#173 (1934)#192
1940s11,417#175 (1940)#196
1950s16,106#140 (1959)#211
1960s17,521#145 (1960)#223
1970s3,057#395 (1970)#657
1980s893#1,093 (1981)#1,509
1990s351#2,234 (1990)#3,583
2000s157#4,447 (2001)#7,728
2010s63#9,711 (2012)#12,293
2020s18#12,161 (2024)#13,522

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.

Patty in 1917

girls
#1,002
49 births · 1 in 22,067 girls
boys
#3,981
5 births · 1 in 185,096 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #1,002Patty49

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #3,981Patty5
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 22,067 of them was named Patty, which outranked 81.1% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Patty
  1. #986Vlasta50
  2. #986Wava50
  3. #986Zenobia50
  4. #1,002Patty49
  5. #1,002Aida49
  6. #1,002Angelita49
  7. #1,002Carmelita49
  8. #1,013Aleene48
  9. #1,013Almira48
  10. #1,013Beverley48

Tied with 10 names at #1,002; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

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

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 185,096 of them was named Patty, which outranked 13.5% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Patty
  1. #3,545York6
  2. #3,545Zed6
  3. #3,545Zion6
  4. #3,981Patty5
  5. #3,981Abbie5
  6. #3,981Abelardo5
  7. #3,981Abran5

Tied with 621 names at #3,981; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

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

See the top 100 for 1917