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
#134
1941 · 1,900 births
Debut · girls
1897
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #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
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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 1974

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedMNIllinois: #910 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,959 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Pat, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Illinois#910 · 1 in 9,959

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Illinois#91071 in 9,959
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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 1974

girls
#2,616
28 births · 1 in 52,412 girls
boys
#1,124
53 births · 1 in 29,667 boys

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #2,616Pat28

Top boys' names in 1974

  1. #1Michael67,534
  2. #2Jason54,756
  3. #3Christopher48,585
  4. #4David41,786
  5. #5James41,334
  6. #6John37,612
  7. #7Robert37,005
  8. #8Brian34,449
  9. #9Matthew27,194
  10. #10William26,980
  11. #1,124Pat53
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 52,412 of them was named Pat, which outranked 74.5% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pat
  1. #2,556Zaida29
  2. #2,556Zelda29
  3. #2,556Zenobia29
  4. #2,616Pat28
  5. #2,616Alyse28
  6. #2,616Ame28
  7. #2,616Amey28
  8. #2,683Alva27
  9. #2,683Arlena27
  10. #2,683Avery27

Tied with 66 names at #2,616; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,440Nakia#6,666 → #226
  2. ↑ 5,329Nikia#6,080 → #751
  3. ↑ 1,994Luciana#2,914 → #920
  4. ↑ 1,556Cortney#2,349 → #793
  5. ↑ 1,213Nia#1,885 → #672
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,251Contina#962 → #2,213
  2. ↓ 396Pam#990 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 376Tracee#536 → #912
  4. ↓ 364Cher#760 → #1,124
  5. ↓ 314Richard#904 → #1,218

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

boys

1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 29,667 of them was named Pat, which outranked 81.3% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pat
  1. #1,115Ronnell54
  2. #1,115Rubin54
  3. #1,115Stoney54
  4. #1,124Pat53
  5. #1,124Benji53
  6. #1,124Cheyenne53
  7. #1,124Damen53
  8. #1,135Chistopher52
  9. #1,135Delmar52
  10. #1,135Demarco52

Tied with 10 names at #1,124; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,544Rashad#4,505 → #961
  2. ↑ 844Telly#1,312 → #468
  3. ↑ 398Jabari#1,312 → #914
  4. ↑ 356Ahmad#1,123 → #767
  5. ↑ 356Toma#1,238 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 383Parrish#987 → #1,370
  2. ↓ 378Fredric#957 → #1,335
  3. ↓ 346Jory#753 → #1,099
  4. ↓ 301Vidal#834 → #1,135
  5. ↓ 277Pat#847 → #1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1974 →