Mostly girls · peaked in 1940
Pat name popularity since 1925
62,499 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Pat (62.5% girls, 37.5% boys). Half of them were born in 1944 or earlier, so the typical Pat is about 82 years old in 2026. Pat peaked in 1940 as the #134 name for girls, and fewer than 5 girls got it in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 62,499
- Named Pat, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 girls named Pat in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 62.5% girls
- 39,065 girls · 23,434 boys
- Most popular in
- Montana
- 2.70× its national share
Peak year is the year Pat made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Pat births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1941. Measured as a share of all babies, Pat peaked in 1940.
- Fastest rise: Between 1925 and 1930, Pat became 4× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1946 and 1951, its share of baby girls fell by 85%, from 1 in 840 to 1 in 5,540.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Pat's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Pat.
Decade by decade
Babies named Pat in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 1,997 | 1,602 | – |
| 1930s | 12,463 | 4,309 | #150 |
| 1940s | 16,150 | 5,487 | #154 |
| 1950s | 5,256 | 4,820 | #477 |
| 1960s | 2,884 | 6,046 | #781 |
| 1970s | 242 | 787 | #3,894 |
| 1980s | 67 | 229 | #10,267 |
| 1990s | 6 | 111 | Under 5 |
| 2000s | 0 | 33 | Under 5 |
| 2010s | 0 | 10 | Under 5 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
51.4% of babies named Pat from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Pat is most popular
The index compares Pat's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Pat.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 2.70× | 466 |
| Oklahoma | 2.62× | 2,012 |
| New Mexico | 2.44× | 795 |
| Kansas | 2.11× | 1,268 |
| Iowa | 2.06× | 1,546 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Pat's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Pat.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Pat (1940).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data