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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | — | — | ||
| 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 | |
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 1937
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oregon#42 · 1 in 172
- Idaho#43 · 1 in 174
- California#48 · 1 in 207
- Wyoming#51 · 1 in 163
- Utah#55 · 1 in 206
Best ever in a state: #30 in Nevada, 1942.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #42 | 35 | 1 in 172 |
| Idaho | #43 | 22 | 1 in 174 |
| California | #48 | 196 | 1 in 207 |
| Wyoming | #51 | 9 | 1 in 163 |
| Utah | #55 | 22 | 1 in 206 |
| Montana | #56 | 18 | 1 in 213 |
| Oklahoma | #58 | 74 | 1 in 263 |
| Kansas | #60 | 48 | 1 in 252 |
| Missouri | #63 | 90 | 1 in 288 |
| Colorado | #67 | 31 | 1 in 273 |
| Washington | #78 | 32 | 1 in 323 |
| Indiana | #87 | 55 | 1 in 436 |
| Illinois | #89 | 132 | 1 in 393 |
| Iowa | #96 | 39 | 1 in 468 |
| District of Columbia | #104 | 10 | 1 in 479 |
| Nebraska | #104 | 18 | 1 in 505 |
| Michigan | #106 | 79 | 1 in 505 |
| New Mexico | #109 | 14 | 1 in 384 |
| South Dakota | #113 | 10 | 1 in 463 |
| Ohio | #114 | 85 | 1 in 571 |
| Wisconsin | #118 | 33 | 1 in 700 |
| Arizona | #122 | 11 | 1 in 413 |
| Minnesota | #125 | 30 | 1 in 676 |
| Texas | #150 | 87 | 1 in 642 |
| Arkansas | #154 | 26 | 1 in 680 |
| New Jersey | #169 | 21 | 1 in 1,142 |
| Maryland | #181 | 11 | 1 in 1,081 |
| Pennsylvania | #184 | 55 | 1 in 1,301 |
| Kentucky | #191 | 27 | 1 in 968 |
| West Virginia | #200 | 16 | 1 in 1,190 |
| Florida | #204 | 13 | 1 in 999 |
| New York | #208 | 54 | 1 in 1,547 |
| North Carolina | #230 | 25 | 1 in 1,461 |
| Virginia | #253 | 12 | 1 in 1,923 |
| Tennessee | #258 | 14 | 1 in 1,894 |
| Georgia | #260 | 19 | 1 in 1,596 |
| Alabama | #285 | 14 | 1 in 2,063 |
| South Carolina | #326 | 8 | 1 in 2,577 |
| Massachusetts | #335 | 5 | 1 in 5,459 |
| Mississippi | #353 | 8 | 1 in 2,767 |
| Louisiana | #361 | 8 | 1 in 2,675 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Biggest jump: 133 spots in 1926 (#499 → #366)
- Biggest drop: 213 spots in 1967 (#991 → #1,204)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1941 at #134 (1,900 births)
- Births halved by 1949, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1910–1966
- 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
- 40.3% of all girls named Pat (16,150) were born in this decade
- 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 1937
Top girls' names in 1937
Top boys' names in 1937
More about 1937
girls
1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 696 of them was named Pat, which outranked 97.0% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 2,208 of them was named Pat, which outranked 94.0% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.