Patricia
- #1,334 for girls in 2025, 167 births
- Last seen for boys in 2006 at #12,055
- Given to girls 99.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1951 · 56,446 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 70 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,573,623since 1884
Patricia over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #1,334 | 167 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,292 | 179 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,179 | 203 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,114 | 222 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,153 | 212 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,116 | 217 | — | |
| 2019 | #939 | 281 | — | |
| 2018 | #899 | 299 | — | |
| 2017 | #883 | 308 | — | |
| 2016 | #736 | 387 | — | |
| 2015 | #802 | 351 | — | |
| 2014 | #738 | 380 | — | |
| 2013 | #676 | 419 | — | |
| 2012 | #710 | 396 | — | |
| 2011 | #658 | 431 | — | |
| 2010 | #617 | 479 | — | |
| 2009 | #534 | 565 | — | |
| 2008 | #498 | 630 | — | |
| 2007 | #441 | 728 | — | |
| 2006 | #411 | 776 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #356 | 880 | — | |
| 2004 | #317 | 998 | — | |
| 2003 | #307 | 1,011 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #280 | 1,115 | — | |
| 2001 | #260 | 1,224 | — | |
| 2000 | #226 | 1,393 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #201 | 1,532 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #180 | 1,704 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #169 | 1,781 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #159 | 1,970 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #150 | 2,161 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #135 | 2,363 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #125 | 2,659 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #111 | 2,950 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #101 | 3,419 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #97 | 3,579 | #1,946 | 39 |
| 1989 | #89 | 3,603 | #1,658 | 47 |
| 1988 | #77 | 3,799 | #1,645 | 43 |
| 1987 | #76 | 3,913 | #1,734 | 38 |
| 1986 | #66 | 4,246 | #1,662 | 38 |
| 1985 | #64 | 4,402 | #1,724 | 35 |
| 1984 | #66 | 4,476 | #1,764 | 32 |
| 1983 | #60 | 4,926 | #1,787 | 31 |
| 1982 | #59 | 5,168 | #1,441 | 44 |
| 1981 | #53 | 5,284 | #1,996 | 27 |
| 1980 | #51 | 5,310 | #1,547 | 39 |
| 1979 | #44 | 5,650 | #1,532 | 38 |
| 1978 | #48 | 5,498 | #1,616 | 34 |
| 1977 | #47 | 5,903 | #1,670 | 32 |
| 1976 | #43 | 6,017 | #1,541 | 35 |
| 1975 | #36 | 7,053 | #1,704 | 29 |
| 1974 | #29 | 8,036 | #1,198 | 48 |
| 1973 | #27 | 8,476 | #1,136 | 52 |
| 1972 | #27 | 9,602 | #1,177 | 48 |
| 1971 | #26 | 11,470 | #1,150 | 51 |
| 1970 | #24 | 13,406 | #951 | 71 |
| 1969 | #18 | 14,959 | #951 | 65 |
| 1968 | #15 | 15,803 | #869 | 69 |
| 1967 | #11 | 17,753 | #900 | 64 |
| 1966 | #7 | 20,112 | #809 | 81 |
| 1965 | #6 | 23,552 | #926 | 64 |
| 1964 | #5 | 26,091 | #823 | 84 |
| 1963 | #7 | 25,374 | #880 | 72 |
| 1962 | #6 | 26,532 | #845 | 80 |
| 1961 | #6 | 28,889 | #870 | 77 |
| 1960 | #7 | 32,113 | #905 | 70 |
| 1959 | #6 | 35,223 | #817 | 87 |
| 1958 | #5 | 37,961 | #721 | 106 |
| 1957 | #8 | 39,283 | #786 | 91 |
| 1956 | #6 | 43,329 | #727 | 102 |
| 1955 | #6 | 46,226 | #763 | 91 |
| 1954 | #4 | 49,149 | #717 | 101 |
| 1953 | #4 | 51,019 | #634 | 127 |
| 1952 | #3 | 53,101 | #681 | 104 |
| 1951 | #3 | 56,446 | #623 | 128 |
| 1950 | #3 | 47,944 | #750 | 84 |
| 1949 | #3 | 46,324 | #676 | 103 |
| 1948 | #4 | 46,140 | #686 | 95 |
| 1947 | #3 | 51,278 | #624 | 120 |
| 1946 | #3 | 46,297 | #611 | 111 |
| 1945 | #4 | 35,844 | #608 | 99 |
| 1944 | #4 | 36,874 | #573 | 115 |
| 1943 | #3 | 39,620 | #515 | 146 |
| 1942 | #3 | 39,465 | #486 | 159 |
| 1941 | #3 | 36,905 | #475 | 154 |
| 1940 | #3 | 32,665 | #487 | 140 |
| 1939 | #3 | 29,701 | #547 | 110 |
| 1938 | #3 | 27,560 | #565 | 107 |
| 1937 | #3 | 26,838 | #581 | 98 |
| 1936 | #5 | 23,916 | #577 | 100 |
| 1935 | #5 | 22,879 | #633 | 86 |
| 1934 | #6 | 20,844 | #742 | 68 |
| 1933 | #6 | 18,632 | #677 | 76 |
| 1932 | #6 | 17,992 | #980 | 45 |
| 1931 | #8 | 16,469 | #974 | 46 |
| 1930 | #7 | 15,751 | #928 | 52 |
| 1929 | #10 | 13,624 | #1,044 | 43 |
| 1928 | #11 | 12,331 | #1,272 | 32 |
| 1927 | #18 | 10,554 | #1,163 | 38 |
| 1926 | #23 | 8,586 | #1,353 | 29 |
| 1925 | #28 | 8,096 | #1,583 | 23 |
| 1924 | #35 | 6,957 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1923 | #56 | 4,800 | — | |
| 1922 | #68 | 3,902 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #84 | 3,380 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #104 | 2,502 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #114 | 2,144 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #133 | 1,760 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #146 | 1,441 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #174 | 1,078 | — | |
| 1915 | #189 | 895 | — | |
| 1914 | #201 | 656 | — | |
| 1913 | #190 | 588 | — | |
| 1912 | #195 | 504 | — | |
| 1911 | #218 | 325 | — | |
| 1910 | #205 | 316 | — | |
| 1909 | #234 | 233 | — | |
| 1908 | #238 | 205 | — | |
| 1907 | #260 | 177 | — | |
| 1906 | #263 | 157 | — | |
| 1905 | #306 | 121 | — | |
| 1904 | #286 | 124 | — | |
| 1903 | #355 | 79 | — | |
| 1902 | #344 | 85 | — | |
| 1901 | #364 | 68 | — | |
| 1900 | #360 | 87 | — | |
| 1899 | #389 | 55 | — | |
| 1898 | #448 | 46 | — | |
| 1897 | #419 | 49 | — | |
| 1896 | #478 | 37 | — | |
| 1895 | #493 | 35 | — | |
| 1894 | #463 | 36 | — | |
| 1893 | #520 | 28 | — | |
| 1892 | #616 | 21 | — | |
| 1891 | #796 | 12 | — | |
| 1890 | #825 | 11 | — | |
| 1889 | #620 | 17 | — | |
| 1888 | #753 | 12 | — | |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 | — | |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five girls were named Patricia! It came in at #930, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Patricia is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Minnesota#731 · 1 in 3,580
- North Carolina#905 · 1 in 4,648
- Arizona#909 · 1 in 4,703
- Virginia#936 · 1 in 4,820
- Ohio#1,035 · 1 in 5,909
Best ever in a state: #1 in Maine, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #731 | 6 | 1 in 3,580 |
| North Carolina | #905 | 10 | 1 in 4,648 |
| Arizona | #909 | 6 | 1 in 4,703 |
| Virginia | #936 | 7 | 1 in 4,820 |
| Ohio | #1,035 | 8 | 1 in 5,909 |
| Georgia | #1,075 | 8 | 1 in 5,651 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,108 | 7 | 1 in 6,670 |
| Illinois | #1,113 | 7 | 1 in 6,333 |
| Texas | #1,117 | 24 | 1 in 6,689 |
| California | #1,149 | 22 | 1 in 7,351 |
| Florida | #1,170 | 12 | 1 in 7,230 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 218 spots since 2020 (#1,116 → #1,334)
- Biggest jump: 219 spots in 1886
- Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1890
Rise & fade · girls
67 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1951 at #3 (56,446 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 38 yrs
- Top 10: 38 yrs · run 1929–1966
- Top 100: 70 yrs · run 1921–1990
- Top 1,000: 135 yrs · run 1886–2019
Share of babies · girls
1 in 32
- Highest: 1 in 32 girls born in 1951 were named Patricia (3.1%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,624 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 29.2% of all girls named Patricia (459,681) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 58 | #620 (1889) | #819 |
| 1890s | 330 | #389 (1899) | #545 |
| 1900s | 1,336 | #234 (1909) | #301 |
| 1910s | 9,707 | #114 (1919) | #177 |
| 1920s | 74,732 | #10 (1929) | #44 |
| 1930s | 220,582 | #3 (1939) | #5 |
| 1940s | 411,412 | #3 (1947) | #3 |
| 1950s | 459,681 | #3 (1951) | #5 |
| 1960s | 231,178 | #5 (1964) | #9 |
| 1970s | 81,111 | #24 (1970) | #35 |
| 1980s | 45,127 | #51 (1980) | #66 |
| 1990s | 24,118 | #97 (1990) | #143 |
| 2000s | 9,320 | #226 (2000) | #363 |
| 2010s | 3,731 | #617 (2010) | #766 |
| 2020s | 1,200 | #1,114 (2022) | #1,198 |
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.
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