Patton

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Peak · boys
#1,772
1945 · 15 births
Debut · boys
1915
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,664
since 1915

Patton over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #1,772, 1945girlsat peakboys
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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
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2025#13,2086#3,24036
2024—#2,28862
2023#12,1977#2,76946
2022—#2,51754
2021#11,1468#2,52352
2020—#2,36656
2019#15,5395#2,22862
2018—#2,23061
2017—#2,03269
2016#14,3316#2,06668
2015#13,0067#2,03670
2014#13,0697#2,46151
2013#16,5475#2,25057
2012#14,9626#2,55148
2011#13,3477#2,47850
2010#16,9925#2,68245
2009#17,2945#3,39932
2008#13,8327#3,74428
2007#13,9247#3,79327
2006—#3,52429
2005—#2,84637
2004#14,1796#4,26420
2003—#3,04431
2002#15,4325#4,70316
2001—#3,51224
2000—#4,78515
1999—#4,16217
1998—#4,65014
1997—#4,24615
1996—#4,02216
1995—#5,50110
1994—#8,8005
1993—#3,66117
1992—#6,6707
1991—#8,2365
1990—#5,8238
1989—#4,52711
1988—#6,4266
1987—#6,9515
1986——
1985—#4,05210
1984—#4,9737
1983—#4,4998
1982—#6,3855
1981—#4,9617
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1979—#4,4038
1978—#3,07013
1977—#3,8369
1976—#5,5875
1975—#3,9418
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1973—#4,0547
1972—#3,6228
1971—#3,9637
1970—#4,2306
1969—#3,9356
1968—#3,6736
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1966—#3,2497
1965—#3,5376
1964—#2,54611
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1961—#4,0655
1960—#4,0385
1959—#3,6196
1958—#2,8189
1957—#3,5526
1956—#2,9698
1955—#3,2017
1954—#2,59210
1953—#2,28712
1952—#3,7345
1951—#3,0667
1950—#3,3296
1949—#2,8028
1948—#2,6089
1947—#2,25112
1946—#2,14312
1945—#1,77215
1944—#1,98813
1943—#3,2316
1942—#2,9407
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1922—#4,3075
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Patton! It came in at #2,621, and was given to 9 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1916–1922, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Patton is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedHITexas: #2,574 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,010 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Patton, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#2,574 · 1 in 35,010

Best ever in a state: #406 in Virginia, 1924.

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Texas#2,57451 in 35,010
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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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See more about Patton
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 874 spots since 2020 (#2,366 → #3,240)
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1945 at #1,772 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1950, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 26,825
  • Highest: 1 in 26,825 boys born in 2017 were named Patton (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 47,447 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,772 in 1945, was only 1 in 89,724 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 34.9% of all boys named Patton (581) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
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  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s9#2,621 (1915)#2,621
1920s44#2,822 (1924)#3,798
1930s12#3,175 (1938)#3,226
1940s87#1,772 (1945)#2,577
1950s76#2,287 (1953)#3,117
1960s46#2,546 (1964)#3,578
1970s71#3,070 (1978)#4,078
1980s59#4,052 (1985)#5,347
1990s114#3,661 (1993)#5,577
2000s259#2,846 (2005)#3,761
2010s581#2,032 (2017)#2,301
2020s306#2,288 (2024)#2,617

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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