Patsy

#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #8,435
Given to girls 93.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1941 · 4,788 births
Debut · girls
15 births
In top 100 · girls
19 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
119,448
since 1880

Patsy over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201907peak #52, 1941peak #314, 1911girlsboys
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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
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,91720—
2024#6,64217—
2023#6,40918—
2022#6,70717—
2021#5,95520—
2020#6,62917—
2019#9,11211—
2018#9,15111—
2017#7,44215—
2016#7,23016—
2015#7,26616—
2014#6,98717—
2013#8,58013—
2012#5,89522—
2011#9,15012—
2010#7,21717—
2009#7,34117—
2008#6,35021—
2007#8,52014—
2006#5,54524—
2005#5,11325—
2004#8,25913—
2003#3,18746—
2002#4,17930—
2001#3,54937—
2000#4,07930—
1999#3,14841—
1998#2,79847—
1997#2,77644—
1996#2,34056—
1995#2,36755—
1994#1,82778—
1993#1,84178—
1992#1,83078#8,4355
1991#1,505103#7,2716
1990#1,433110—
1989#1,49696—
1988#1,384102#5,7517
1987#1,53183—
1986#1,50582#6,7215
1985#1,50581#6,5235
1984#1,63367#4,9737
1983#1,46379#4,4998
1982#1,55176#5,6196
1981#1,32894#5,4686
1980#1,43385#5,5256
1979#1,30196#6,0565
1978#1,241100—
1977#1,24796#4,5827
1976#1,022122#4,0128
1975#910143#2,90213
1974#755186#3,31810
1973#716203#3,22310
1972#685214#3,9637
1971#629264#2,81312
1970#565322#2,73912
1969#574295#2,04617
1968#507367#1,50627
1967#444452#1,90617
1966#421497#2,46511
1965#384576#1,55925
1964#334817#1,51027
1963#312892#1,54826
1962#313898#1,80520
1961#2911,019#1,43931
1960#2701,106#1,40032
1959#2381,329#1,66523
1958#2151,453#1,76620
1957#2081,609#1,27837
1956#1921,799#1,28536
1955#1722,013#1,10246
1954#1552,279#1,13743
1953#1412,591#1,07446
1952#1282,826#1,26834
1951#1212,905#1,27933
1950#1172,930#1,13939
1949#1063,347#94653
1948#983,714#87960
1947#874,344#81572
1946#854,017#95249
1945#843,350#92748
1944#723,729#91848
1943#614,355#79768
1942#574,559#78667
1941#524,788#68380
1940#574,079#68678
1939#564,111#65283
1938#554,260#62092
1937#544,243#58497
1936#524,196#529116
1935#563,797#517124
1934#593,750#517127
1933#653,451#432163
1932#773,254#420177
1931#832,869#376221
1930#972,544#388218
1929#1182,042#353252
1928#1451,623#337280
1927#1671,302#332299
1926#198993#363263
1925#250706#344288
1924#293520#336299
1923#364334#338296
1922#396277#331307
1921#449236#326324
1920#492195#346287
1919#528168#324299
1918#520177#342282
1917#469191#354246
1916#602125#333256
1915#570128#343240
1914#58594#353174
1913#56183#367129
1912#47999#346119
1911#50168#31474
1910#46673#55626
1909#53550#55822
1908#51150#47527
1907#58040#63416
1906#54941#8529
1905#53641#39329
1904#61231#53817
1903#76020#55016
1902#55934#74410
1901#57729#55913
1900#48149#74312
1899#68021#9286
1898#57132#7449
1897#66022—
1896#65123—
1895#68521#9786
1894#51631—
1893#61422—
1892#63820—
1891#55922—
1890#69315—
1889#49925—
1888#53322—
1887#49920—
1886#49120#9595
1885#45921—
1884#43821—
1883#42320—
1882#44617—
1881#49112—
1880#43515—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Patsy was already there! It came in at #435, and was given to 15 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2015–2019, when fewer than 17 girls a year got the name.

Where Patsy is popular in 1907

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Patsy
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 725 spots since 2024 (#6,642 → #5,917)
  • 712 spots since 2020 (#6,629 → #5,917)
  • 1,349 spots since 2015 (#7,266 → #5,917)
  • Biggest jump: 199 spots in 1900 (#680 → #481)
  • Biggest drop: 201 spots in 1903 (#559 → #760)
Rise & fade · girls
61 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1941 at #52 (4,788 births)
  • Births halved by 1954, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 19 yrs · run 1930–1948
  • Top 1,000: 96 yrs · run 1880–1975
Share of babies · girls
1 in 248
  • Highest: 1 in 248 girls born in 1936 were named Patsy (0.40%)
  • Latest: 1 in 80,363 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #52 in 1941, was only 1 in 252 (0.40%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 33.7% of all girls named Patsy (40,282) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1923
  • Mostly boys until 1922, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s193#423 (1883)#471
1890s229#516 (1894)#627
1900s385#481 (1900)#570
1910s1,206#466 (1910)#528
1920s8,228#118 (1929)#287
1930s36,475#52 (1936)#65
1940s40,282#52 (1941)#76
1950s21,734#117 (1950)#169
1960s6,919#270 (1960)#385
1970s1,746#565 (1970)#907
1980s845#1,328 (1981)#1,483
1990s690#1,433 (1990)#2,187
2000s257#3,187 (2003)#5,612
2010s150#5,895 (2012)#7,803
2020s109#5,917 (2025)#6,377

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.

Patsy in 1907

girls
#580
40 births · 1 in 7,964 girls
boys
#634
16 births · 1 in 9,177 boys

Top girls' names in 1907

  1. #1Mary17,580
  2. #2Helen7,579
  3. #3Margaret6,713
  4. #4Anna5,575
  5. #5Ruth5,573
  6. #6Dorothy4,967
  7. #7Elizabeth4,624
  8. #8Mildred4,277
  9. #9Alice4,107
  10. #10Marie3,880
  11. #580Patsy40

Top boys' names in 1907

  1. #1John8,983
  2. #2William6,904
  3. #3James6,707
  4. #4George4,445
  5. #5Robert4,020
  6. #6Charles3,884
  7. #7Joseph3,844
  8. #8Frank2,943
  9. #9Edward2,576
  10. #10Henry2,203
  11. #634Patsy16
More about 1907

girls

318,564 girls got a published name in 1907; 1 in 7,964 of them was named Patsy, which outranked 75.8% of the 2,399 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Patsy
  1. #572Madeleine41
  2. #572Magnolia41
  3. #572Rowena41
  4. #580Patsy40
  5. #580Almeda40
  6. #580Janice40
  7. #580Lida40
  8. #588Alene39
  9. #588Altha39
  10. #588Bulah39

Tied with 7 names at #580; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,028Lota#1,951 → #923
  2. ↑ 1,028Tula#1,951 → #923
  3. ↑ 961Cleda#1,951 → #990
  4. ↑ 961Ingrid#1,951 → #990
  5. ↑ 961Santa#1,951 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Macy#895 → #1,821
  2. ↓ 742Libbie#642 → #1,384
  3. ↓ 736Hertha#776 → #1,512
  4. ↓ 719Zadie#793 → #1,512
  5. ↓ 674Anabel#965 → #1,639

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

boys

146,826 boys got a published name in 1907; 1 in 9,177 of them was named Patsy, which outranked 59.1% of the 1,549 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Patsy
  1. #616Quincy17
  2. #616Rodney17
  3. #616Shirley17
  4. #634Patsy16
  5. #634Abner16
  6. #634Alford16
  7. #634Archibald16
  8. #664Alois15
  9. #664Annie15
  10. #664Artie15

Tied with 29 names at #634; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. ↑ 518Leamon#1,253 → #735
  2. ↑ 518Price#1,253 → #735
  3. ↑ 495Quincy#1,111 → #616
  4. ↑ 477Irene#1,111 → #634
  5. ↑ 477Mitchel#1,111 → #634
Fallers
  1. ↓ 636Norval#709 → #1,345
  2. ↓ 593Harper#752 → #1,345
  3. ↓ 560Barton#640 → #1,200
  4. ↓ 547Hurley#798 → #1,345
  5. ↓ 547Lawton#798 → #1,345

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

See the top 100 for 1907 →