Patrica
Last seen for girls in 2009 at #15,242 · Last seen for boys in 1962 at #4,033
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1950 · 226 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,147since 1911
Patrica over time
Rank among girls' names. Patrica has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | — | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | — | |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,773 | 28 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,566 | 28 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,987 | 34 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,972 | 32 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,203 | 28 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,804 | 33 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,149 | 46 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,817 | 58 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,220 | 45 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,985 | 53 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,154 | 47 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,814 | 59 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,523 | 73 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,621 | 65 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,252 | 89 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,269 | 88 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,023 | 117 | — | |
| 1973 | #917 | 134 | — | |
| 1972 | #949 | 128 | — | |
| 1971 | #833 | 166 | — | |
| 1970 | #833 | 164 | — | |
| 1969 | #812 | 161 | — | |
| 1968 | #762 | 170 | — | |
| 1967 | #649 | 218 | — | |
| 1966 | #598 | 250 | — | |
| 1965 | #616 | 250 | — | |
| 1964 | #573 | 295 | — | |
| 1963 | #610 | 271 | — | |
| 1962 | #569 | 302 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #621 | 270 | — | |
| 1960 | #609 | 270 | — | |
| 1959 | #616 | 259 | — | |
| 1958 | #618 | 255 | — | |
| 1957 | #575 | 283 | — | |
| 1956 | #580 | 264 | — | |
| 1955 | #616 | 227 | — | |
| 1954 | #585 | 237 | — | |
| 1953 | #627 | 202 | — | |
| 1952 | #581 | 222 | — | |
| 1951 | #560 | 228 | — | |
| 1950 | #551 | 226 | — | |
| 1949 | #644 | 166 | — | |
| 1948 | #672 | 155 | — | |
| 1947 | #638 | 168 | — | |
| 1946 | #635 | 154 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #667 | 122 | — | |
| 1944 | #718 | 110 | — | |
| 1943 | #666 | 130 | — | |
| 1942 | #697 | 114 | — | |
| 1941 | #628 | 127 | — | |
| 1940 | #721 | 93 | — | |
| 1939 | #618 | 120 | — | |
| 1938 | #698 | 97 | — | |
| 1937 | #824 | 69 | — | |
| 1936 | #748 | 80 | — | |
| 1935 | #904 | 58 | — | |
| 1934 | #815 | 68 | — | |
| 1933 | #801 | 69 | — | |
| 1932 | #953 | 55 | — | |
| 1931 | #920 | 57 | — | |
| 1930 | #956 | 58 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,094 | 45 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,254 | 37 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,042 | 54 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,133 | 45 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,272 | 38 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,244 | 41 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,428 | 32 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,536 | 29 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,821 | 23 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,626 | 26 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,649 | 24 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,645 | 24 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Patrica! It came in at #2,463, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2003, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Patrica is popular in 1942
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#368 · 1 in 3,916
- South Carolina#413 · 1 in 4,760
- North Carolina#489 · 1 in 6,986
- Michigan#491 · 1 in 7,962
- Louisiana#509 · 1 in 5,253
Best ever in a state: #279 in South Carolina, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #368 | 8 | 1 in 3,916 |
| South Carolina | #413 | 5 | 1 in 4,760 |
| North Carolina | #489 | 6 | 1 in 6,986 |
| Michigan | #491 | 7 | 1 in 7,962 |
| Louisiana | #509 | 5 | 1 in 5,253 |
| Pennsylvania | #622 | 6 | 1 in 15,010 |
| New York | #657 | 8 | 1 in 14,132 |
| California | #812 | 5 | 1 in 13,804 |
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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 Patrica
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
- Biggest jump: 156 spots in 1936 (#904 → #748)
- Biggest drop: 116 spots in 1972 (#833 → #949)
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1950 at #551 (226 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1930–1973
- Highest: 1 in 6,423 girls born in 1964 were named Patrica (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 306,186 girls born in 2009 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #551 in 1950, was only 1 in 7,580 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.9% of all girls named Patrica (2,457) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 111 | #1,645 (1918) | #2,397 |
| 1920s | 370 | #1,042 (1927) | #1,345 |
| 1930s | 731 | #618 (1939) | #824 |
| 1940s | 1,339 | #628 (1941) | #669 |
| 1950s | 2,403 | #551 (1950) | #591 |
| 1960s | 2,457 | #569 (1962) | #642 |
| 1970s | 1,083 | #833 (1971) | #1,203 |
| 1980s | 404 | #1,817 (1983) | #2,586 |
| 1990s | 168 | #3,773 (1992) | #6,044 |
| 2000s | 81 | #7,317 (2001) | #11,734 |
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.
Patrica in 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 11,848 of them was named Patrica, which outranked 87.0% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).