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

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Peak · girls
1941 · 1,900 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
40,123
since 1897

Pat over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #134, 1941peak #240, 1937girlsboys
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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
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2024——
2023——
2022——
2021——
2020——
2019——
2018——
2017——
2016——
2015——
2014—#12,1085
2013—#12,1365
2012——
2011——
2010——
2009——
2008——
2007——
2006—#6,90411
2005—#10,1516
2004——
2003—#10,8945
2002—#10,6675
2001——
2000—#9,1126
1999——
1998—#7,5607
1997—#8,1106
1996——
1995—#4,28014
1994—#5,8689
1993—#6,2288
1992—#3,10521
1991#11,5096#2,60626
1990—#3,05820
1989#10,8476#3,20518
1988—#2,68221
1987#9,8256#2,64120
1986#6,61210#2,60120
1985#9,3076#2,42721
1984#8,1537#2,36421
1983#5,45712#2,14024
1982#6,37110#2,05926
1981—#1,76632
1980#6,31910#2,05826
1979#5,09213#1,75332
1978#4,45915#1,50838
1977#4,23516#1,40742
1976#4,15415#1,22550
1975#3,77417#1,06561
1974#2,61628#1,12453
1973#2,45530#84787
1972#2,59827#82694
1971#1,87746#702139
1970#2,24035#586191
1969#1,95541#515227
1968#1,41863#452289
1967#1,20478#406355
1966#991106#375411
1965#780162#332518
1964#606273#282749
1963#548311#283738
1962#439484#265830
1961#390611#258929
1960#349755#2531,000
1959#2831,002#259948
1958#2741,042#267844
1957#319815#302634
1956#439435#360418
1955#477359#401329
1954#520291#405314
1953#556247#400306
1952#485300#378328
1951#465325#383315
1950#386440#343384
1949#299667#305496
1948#2071,249#272596
1947#1641,824#245720
1946#1471,871#249623
1945#1541,520#264492
1944#1541,592#268495
1943#1451,840#267519
1942#1441,824#248534
1941#1341,900#241530
1940#1341,863#249482
1939#1421,659#255446
1938#1491,533#268420
1937#1471,529#240483
1936#1521,344#262421
1935#1501,327#253458
1934#1621,204#242472
1933#1601,146#270380
1932#1771,061#254449
1931#197926#274407
1930#227734#295373
1929#262597#292363
1928#308457#296360
1927#334407#338287
1926#366338#337297
1925#499198#336295
1924#585158#388240
1923#692112#395227
1922#74296#398229
1921#85375#406223
1920#81978#416204
1919#80077#441180
1918#85970#404215
1917#96452#415185
1916#85663#421177
1915#97946#419166
1914#87045#424128
1913#98130#45690
1912#90331#45675
1911#95821#40949
1910#99719#32458
1909#1,05215#36542
1908#1,13513#38936
1907#1,20611#38833
1906#1,5537#35035
1905#1,6966#34635
1904#1,6596#34035
1903#1,3188#33033
1902#1,4387#33135
1901—#31432
1900—#29250
1899—#34627
1898#1,3797#45220
1897#1,5555#32732
1896—#36727
1895—#30136
1894—#33628
1893—#34127
1892—#38424
1891—#44116
1890—#32229
1889—#41519
1888—#33030
1887—#37719
1886—#35723
1885—#36423
1884—#34426
1883—#38120
1882—#32428
1881—#37520
1880—#52612
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 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedNHWashington: #59 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 241 girlsWAIdaho: #134 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 528 girlsIDMontana: #76 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 256 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #192 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,092 girlsNDMinnesota: #215 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,666 girlsMNIllinois: #81 for girls · 135 births · 1 in 356 girlsILWisconsin: #148 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 933 girlsWIMichigan: #120 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 599 girlsMINew York: #240 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 2,234 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedRIOregon: #88 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 359 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedNVWyoming: #46 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 167 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #108 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 429 girlsSDIowa: #106 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 492 girlsIAIndiana: #121 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 613 girlsINOhio: #121 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 641 girlsOHPennsylvania: #229 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 2,079 girlsPANew Jersey: #219 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,010 girlsNJConnecticut: #189 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,544 girlsCTCalifornia: #49 for girls · 155 births · 1 in 212 girlsCAUtah: #68 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 259 girlsUTColorado: #92 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 345 girlsCONebraska: #124 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 611 girlsNEMissouri: #103 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 444 girlsMOKentucky: #333 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,887 girlsKYWest Virginia: #245 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,645 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedVAMaryland: #218 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,631 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #153 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 640 girlsNMKansas: #81 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 347 girlsKSArkansas: #208 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 917 girlsARTennessee: #364 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,206 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #266 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,025 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #384 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,024 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #121 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 608 girlsDCOklahoma: #65 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 304 girlsOKLouisiana: #308 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,908 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedMSAlabama: #301 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,492 girlsALGeorgia: #314 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,616 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedHITexas: #166 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 737 girlsTXFlorida: #189 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 863 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wyoming#46 · 1 in 167
  2. California#49 · 1 in 212
  3. Washington#59 · 1 in 241
  4. Oklahoma#65 · 1 in 304
  5. Utah#68 · 1 in 259

Best ever in a state: #30 in Nevada, 1942.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#4681 in 167
California#491551 in 212
Washington#59351 in 241
Oklahoma#65721 in 304
Utah#68171 in 259
Montana#76131 in 256
Illinois#811351 in 356
Kansas#81371 in 347
Oregon#88131 in 359
Colorado#92221 in 345
Missouri#103591 in 444
Iowa#106351 in 492
South Dakota#108121 in 429
Michigan#120581 in 599
District of Columbia#12161 in 608
Indiana#121351 in 613
Ohio#121671 in 641
Nebraska#124161 in 611
Idaho#13461 in 528
Wisconsin#148231 in 933
New Mexico#15371 in 640
Texas#166741 in 737
Connecticut#18961 in 1,544
Florida#189131 in 863
North Dakota#19251 in 1,092
Arkansas#208201 in 917
Minnesota#215111 in 1,666
Maryland#21871 in 1,631
New Jersey#219121 in 2,010
Pennsylvania#229331 in 2,079
New York#240371 in 2,234
West Virginia#245101 in 1,645
North Carolina#266171 in 2,025
Alabama#301111 in 2,492
Louisiana#308101 in 1,908
Georgia#314111 in 2,616
Kentucky#33391 in 2,887
Tennessee#36481 in 3,206
South Carolina#38451 in 4,024
Alaska———
Arizona———
Delaware———
Hawaii———
Maine———
Massachusetts———
Mississippi———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
Rhode Island———
Vermont———
Virginia———

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 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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s12#1,379 (1898)#1,467
1900s73#1,052 (1909)#1,382
1910s454#800 (1919)#917
1920s2,516#262 (1929)#546
1930s12,463#142 (1939)#166
1940s16,150#134 (1941)#168
1950s5,256#274 (1958)#420
1960s2,884#349 (1960)#868
1970s242#1,877 (1971)#3,350
1980s67#5,457 (1983)#7,861
1990s6#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 1933

girls
#160
1,146 births · 1 in 880 girls
boys
#270
380 births · 1 in 2,609 boys

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #160Pat1,146

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #270Pat380
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 880 of them was named Pat, which outranked 96.7% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pat
  1. #157Cora1,157
  2. #158Alberta1,156
  3. #159Yvonne1,152
  4. #160Pat1,146
  5. #161Rachel1,142
  6. #162Marcia1,140
  7. #163Lola1,123
Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,022Rheta#1,754 → #732
  2. ↑ 930Joellen#1,877 → #947
  3. ↑ 583Veola#1,568 → #985
  4. ↑ 483Sharlene#1,162 → #679
  5. ↑ 475Louetta#1,448 → #973
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Golda#969 → #1,364
  2. ↓ 322Louis#940 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 298Bebe#899 → #1,197
  4. ↓ 291Clyde#998 → #1,289
  5. ↓ 291Mariam#998 → #1,289

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

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 2,609 of them was named Pat, which outranked 93.5% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pat
  1. #267Rudy396
  2. #268Elwood385
  3. #269Dallas383
  4. #270Pat380
  5. #271Dave375
  6. #271Garland375
  7. #273Clark370
Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 553Neville#1,548 → #995
  2. ↑ 401Cordell#1,286 → #885
  3. ↑ 381Hamilton#1,286 → #905
  4. ↑ 375Delano#677 → #302
  5. ↑ 313Jan#937 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Hoover#793 → #1,361
  2. ↓ 541Porfirio#915 → #1,456
  3. ↓ 424Rosendo#937 → #1,361
  4. ↓ 381Alfonzo#821 → #1,202
  5. ↓ 368Hillard#862 → #1,230

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

See the top 100 for 1933 →