Pat
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #11,509 · Last seen for boys in 2014 at #12,108
Given to girls 60.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1941 · 1,900 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 40,123since 1897
Pat over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #6,904 | 11 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #4,280 | 14 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,105 | 21 | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #2,606 | 26 |
| 1990 | — | #3,058 | 20 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | — | #2,682 | 21 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #2,641 | 20 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #2,601 | 20 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #2,364 | 21 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #2,140 | 24 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #2,059 | 26 |
| 1981 | — | #1,766 | 32 | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #2,058 | 26 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #1,753 | 32 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | #1,508 | 38 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 | #1,407 | 42 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | #1,225 | 50 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 | #1,065 | 61 |
| 1974 | #2,616 | 28 | #1,124 | 53 |
| 1973 | #2,455 | 30 | #847 | 87 |
| 1972 | #2,598 | 27 | #826 | 94 |
| 1971 | #1,877 | 46 | #702 | 139 |
| 1970 | #2,240 | 35 | #586 | 191 |
| 1969 | #1,955 | 41 | #515 | 227 |
| 1968 | #1,418 | 63 | #452 | 289 |
| 1967 | #1,204 | 78 | #406 | 355 |
| 1966 | #991 | 106 | #375 | 411 |
| 1965 | #780 | 162 | #332 | 518 |
| 1964 | #606 | 273 | #282 | 749 |
| 1963 | #548 | 311 | #283 | 738 |
| 1962 | #439 | 484 | #265 | 830 |
| 1961 | #390 | 611 | #258 | 929 |
| 1960 | #349 | 755 | #253 | 1,000 |
| 1959 | #283 | 1,002 | #259 | 948 |
| 1958 | #274 | 1,042 | #267 | 844 |
| 1957 | #319 | 815 | #302 | 634 |
| 1956 | #439 | 435 | #360 | 418 |
| 1955 | #477 | 359 | #401 | 329 |
| 1954 | #520 | 291 | #405 | 314 |
| 1953 | #556 | 247 | #400 | 306 |
| 1952 | #485 | 300 | #378 | 328 |
| 1951 | #465 | 325 | #383 | 315 |
| 1950 | #386 | 440 | #343 | 384 |
| 1949 | #299 | 667 | #305 | 496 |
| 1948 | #207 | 1,249 | #272 | 596 |
| 1947 | #164 | 1,824 | #245 | 720 |
| 1946 | #147 | 1,871 | #249 | 623 |
| 1945 | #154 | 1,520 | #264 | 492 |
| 1944 | #154 | 1,592 | #268 | 495 |
| 1943 | #145 | 1,840 | #267 | 519 |
| 1942 | #144 | 1,824 | #248 | 534 |
| 1941 | #134 | 1,900 | #241 | 530 |
| 1940 | #134 | 1,863 | #249 | 482 |
| 1939 | #142 | 1,659 | #255 | 446 |
| 1938 | #149 | 1,533 | #268 | 420 |
| 1937 | #147 | 1,529 | #240 | 483 |
| 1936 | #152 | 1,344 | #262 | 421 |
| 1935 | #150 | 1,327 | #253 | 458 |
| 1934 | #162 | 1,204 | #242 | 472 |
| 1933 | #160 | 1,146 | #270 | 380 |
| 1932 | #177 | 1,061 | #254 | 449 |
| 1931 | #197 | 926 | #274 | 407 |
| 1930 | #227 | 734 | #295 | 373 |
| 1929 | #262 | 597 | #292 | 363 |
| 1928 | #308 | 457 | #296 | 360 |
| 1927 | #334 | 407 | #338 | 287 |
| 1926 | #366 | 338 | #337 | 297 |
| 1925 | #499 | 198 | #336 | 295 |
| 1924 | #585 | 158 | #388 | 240 |
| 1923 | #692 | 112 | #395 | 227 |
| 1922 | #742 | 96 | #398 | 229 |
| 1921 | #853 | 75 | #406 | 223 |
| 1920 | #819 | 78 | #416 | 204 |
| 1919 | #800 | 77 | #441 | 180 |
| 1918 | #859 | 70 | #404 | 215 |
| 1917 | #964 | 52 | #415 | 185 |
| 1916 | #856 | 63 | #421 | 177 |
| 1915 | #979 | 46 | #419 | 166 |
| 1914 | #870 | 45 | #424 | 128 |
| 1913 | #981 | 30 | #456 | 90 |
| 1912 | #903 | 31 | #456 | 75 |
| 1911 | #958 | 21 | #409 | 49 |
| 1910 | #997 | 19 | #324 | 58 |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 | #365 | 42 |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 | #389 | 36 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 | #388 | 33 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | #350 | 35 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | #346 | 35 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #340 | 35 |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | #330 | 33 |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | #331 | 35 |
| 1901 | — | #314 | 32 | |
| 1900 | — | #292 | 50 | |
| 1899 | — | #346 | 27 | |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | #452 | 20 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | #327 | 32 |
| 1896 | — | #367 | 27 | |
| 1895 | — | #301 | 36 | |
| 1894 | — | #336 | 28 | |
| 1893 | — | #341 | 27 | |
| 1892 | — | #384 | 24 | |
| 1891 | — | #441 | 16 | |
| 1890 | — | #322 | 29 | |
| 1889 | — | #415 | 19 | |
| 1888 | — | #330 | 30 | |
| 1887 | — | #377 | 19 | |
| 1886 | — | #357 | 23 | |
| 1885 | — | #364 | 23 | |
| 1884 | — | #344 | 26 | |
| 1883 | — | #381 | 20 | |
| 1882 | — | #324 | 28 | |
| 1881 | — | #375 | 20 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
First appearance
1897
The first year at least five girls were named Pat! It came in at #1,555, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1899–1901, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Pat is popular in 1901
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Pat
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Biggest jump: 133 spots in 1926 (#499 → #366)
- Biggest drop: 213 spots in 1967 (#991 → #1,204)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1941 at #134 (1,900 births)
- Births halved by 1949, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1910–1966
Share of babies · girls
1 in 614
- Highest: 1 in 614 girls born in 1940 were named Pat (0.16%)
- Latest: 1 in 312,501 girls born in 1991 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #134 in 1941, was only 1 in 636 (0.16%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1940s
- 40.3% of all girls named Pat (16,150) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1960
- Mostly girls until 1959, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 12 | #1,379 (1898) | #1,467 |
| 1900s | 73 | #1,052 (1909) | #1,382 |
| 1910s | 454 | #800 (1919) | #917 |
| 1920s | 2,516 | #262 (1929) | #546 |
| 1930s | 12,463 | #142 (1939) | #166 |
| 1940s | 16,150 | #134 (1941) | #168 |
| 1950s | 5,256 | #274 (1958) | #420 |
| 1960s | 2,884 | #349 (1960) | #868 |
| 1970s | 242 | #1,877 (1971) | #3,350 |
| 1980s | 67 | #5,457 (1983) | #7,861 |
| 1990s | 6 | #11,509 (1991) | #11,509 |
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.
Pat in 1901
boys
#314
32 births · 1 in 3,327 boys
Top boys' names in 1901
More about 1901
boys
106,467 boys got a published name in 1901; 1 in 3,327 of them was named Pat, which outranked 74.0% of the 1,210 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).