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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #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 1919

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #407 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,881 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedMOKentucky: #284 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,079 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedWVVirginia: #325 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,429 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedKSArkansas: #483 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,058 girlsARTennessee: #460 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,175 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #382 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,003 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #373 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,943 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #308 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,019 girlsOKLouisiana: #405 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,106 girlsLAMississippi: #323 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,431 girlsMSAlabama: #442 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,403 girlsALGeorgia: #424 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,643 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Patsy, so not publishedHITexas: #352 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,074 girlsTXFlorida: #252 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,444 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#252 · 1 in 1,444
  2. Kentucky#284 · 1 in 2,079
  3. Oklahoma#308 · 1 in 2,019
  4. Mississippi#323 · 1 in 2,431
  5. Virginia#325 · 1 in 3,429

Best ever in a state: #6 in Texas, 1933.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Florida#25271 in 1,444
Kentucky#284131 in 2,079
Oklahoma#308111 in 2,019
Mississippi#32391 in 2,431
Virginia#32581 in 3,429
Texas#352251 in 2,074
South Carolina#37361 in 3,943
North Carolina#38291 in 4,003
Louisiana#40571 in 3,106
California#40761 in 3,881
Georgia#42481 in 4,643
Alabama#44271 in 4,403
Tennessee#46051 in 5,175
Arkansas#48351 in 4,058
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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 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 1919

girls
#528
168 births · 1 in 6,727 girls
boys
#324
299 births · 1 in 3,278 boys

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #528Patsy168

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #324Patsy299
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 6,727 of them was named Patsy, which outranked 90.5% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Patsy
  1. #524Elsa169
  2. #524Jayne169
  3. #524Judy169
  4. #528Patsy168
  5. #528Emilie168
  6. #528Velda168
  7. #531Madeleine166
  8. #532Belva165
  9. #532Joanna165

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

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,805 → #954
  2. ↑ 443Concha#1,333 → #890
  3. ↑ 390Arlena#1,299 → #909
  4. ↑ 353Marina#1,255 → #902
  5. ↑ 333Roselle#1,333 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,019Liberty#585 → #1,604
  2. ↓ 840Victory#809 → #1,649
  3. ↓ 567Karen#960 → #1,527
  4. ↓ 404Zena#989 → #1,393
  5. ↓ 359Malvina#989 → #1,348

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

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 3,278 of them was named Patsy, which outranked 93.3% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Patsy
  1. #319Emery304
  2. #322Delmar302
  3. #323Dallas301
  4. #324Patsy299
  5. #325Tommy298
  6. #326Forest296
  7. #327Elijah295
Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 446Quinten#1,313 → #867
  2. ↑ 432Dempsey#1,012 → #580
  3. ↑ 341Winton#1,231 → #890
  4. ↑ 334Donnie#1,211 → #877
  5. ↑ 332Edsel#1,062 → #730
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,008Foch#869 → #2,877
  2. ↓ 582Carmel#949 → #1,531
  3. ↓ 403Eligah#918 → #1,321
  4. ↓ 398Nels#809 → #1,207
  5. ↓ 355Myer#966 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1919 →