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

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Peak · girls
1950 · 226 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,147
since 1911

Patrica over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Patrica has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201952peak #551, 1950girls
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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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First appearance
1911

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 1952

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #406 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,878 girlsMNIllinois: #843 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 18,802 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedWIMichigan: #539 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,978 girlsMINew York: #628 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 11,031 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedIAIndiana: #568 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,317 girlsINOhio: #444 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 6,785 girlsOHPennsylvania: #584 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 11,107 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #748 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 11,941 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedCONebraska: #312 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,889 girlsNEMissouri: #323 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,179 girlsMOKentucky: #410 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,812 girlsKYWest Virginia: #397 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,442 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedKSArkansas: #298 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,213 girlsARTennessee: #447 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,291 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #520 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,295 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #415 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,182 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedMSAlabama: #400 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,092 girlsALGeorgia: #341 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,936 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Patrica, so not publishedHITexas: #703 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,878 girlsTXFlorida: #467 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,673 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#298 · 1 in 2,213
  2. Nebraska#312 · 1 in 2,889
  3. Missouri#323 · 1 in 3,179
  4. Georgia#341 · 1 in 2,936
  5. West Virginia#397 · 1 in 4,442

Best ever in a state: #279 in South Carolina, 1954.

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Arkansas#29891 in 2,213
Nebraska#31251 in 2,889
Missouri#323131 in 3,179
Georgia#341151 in 2,936
West Virginia#39751 in 4,442
Alabama#40091 in 4,092
Minnesota#40661 in 5,878
Kentucky#41071 in 4,812
South Carolina#41571 in 4,182
Ohio#444141 in 6,785
Tennessee#44771 in 5,291
Florida#46771 in 4,673
North Carolina#52071 in 7,295
Michigan#53991 in 8,978
Indiana#56851 in 9,317
Pennsylvania#584101 in 11,107
New York#628141 in 11,031
Texas#703121 in 8,878
California#748111 in 11,941
Illinois#84351 in 18,802
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See more about Patrica
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
  • Biggest jump: 156 spots in 1936 (#904 → #748)
  • Biggest drop: 116 spots in 1972 (#833 → #949)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 1950 at #551 (226 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 44 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1930–1973
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,423
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 26.9% of all girls named Patrica (2,457) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s111#1,645 (1918)#2,397
1920s370#1,042 (1927)#1,345
1930s731#618 (1939)#824
1940s1,339#628 (1941)#669
1950s2,403#551 (1950)#591
1960s2,457#569 (1962)#642
1970s1,083#833 (1971)#1,203
1980s404#1,817 (1983)#2,586
1990s168#3,773 (1992)#6,044
2000s81#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 1952

girls
#581
222 births · 1 in 8,353 girls

Top girls' names in 1952

  1. #1Linda67,082
  2. #2Mary65,629
  3. #3Patricia53,101
  4. #4Deborah49,811
  5. #5Susan41,348
  6. #6Barbara39,864
  7. #7Nancy31,739
  8. #8Karen28,956
  9. #9Debra26,832
  10. #10Sandra26,097
  11. #581Patrica222
More about 1952

girls

1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 8,353 of them was named Patrica, which outranked 90.9% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Patrica
  1. #578Melva224
  2. #579Corrine223
  3. #579Vickey223
  4. #581Patrica222
  5. #581Pamala222
  6. #583Estelle221
  7. #583Kathrine221
  8. #585Nanci220

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,501Pandora#3,284 → #783
  2. ↑ 368Lise#1,314 → #946
  3. ↑ 353Vanessa#656 → #303
  4. ↑ 334Dorinda#1,170 → #836
  5. ↑ 332Mitzi#928 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Rhona#988 → #1,368
  2. ↓ 342Sharleen#765 → #1,107
  3. ↓ 270Enid#908 → #1,178
  4. ↓ 237Allyn#988 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 230Sheron#908 → #1,138

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

See the top 100 for 1952 →