Girls' name · peaked in 1958
Patrice name popularity since 1925
34,759 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Patrice (97.8% girls, 2.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1966 or earlier, so the typical Patrice is about 60 years old in 2026. Patrice peaked in 1958 as the #212 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 34,759
- Named Patrice, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #16,670 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 97.8% girls
- 33,981 girls · 778 boys
- Most popular in
- District of Columbia
- 4.71× its national share
Peak year is the year Patrice 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.
Patrice births per year, 1925–2025
1958 was the biggest year for Patrice both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1948 and 1953, Patrice became 7.3× more common, from 1 in 12,300 baby girls to 1 in 1,680.
- Steepest fall: Between 1991 and 1996, its share of baby girls fell by 61%, from 1 in 4,420 to 1 in 11,200.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Patrice's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Patrice.
Decade by decade
Babies named Patrice 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 | 71 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 227 | 0 | #1,536 |
| 1940s | 946 | 0 | #735 |
| 1950s | 10,280 | 17 | #266 |
| 1960s | 7,587 | 216 | #344 |
| 1970s | 5,321 | 204 | #490 |
| 1980s | 6,020 | 144 | #375 |
| 1990s | 2,600 | 97 | #942 |
| 2000s | 679 | 49 | #2,724 |
| 2010s | 205 | 35 | #5,985 |
| 2020–25 | 45 | 16 | #16,670 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
44.3% of babies named Patrice from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Patrice is most popular
The index compares Patrice'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 Patrice.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 4.71× | 682 |
| Louisiana | 2.14× | 1,205 |
| Maryland | 1.63× | 784 |
| Illinois | 1.55× | 2,374 |
| New York | 1.46× | 3,493 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Patrice's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Patrice.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Patrice (1958).
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