Girls' name · peaked in 1951
Patricia name popularity since 1925
1,545,550 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Patricia. Half of them were born in 1951 or earlier, so the typical Patricia is about 75 years old in 2026. Patricia peaked in 1951 as the #3 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 1,545,550
- Named Patricia, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,336 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 1,540,651 girls · 4,899 boys
- Most popular in
- District of Columbia
- 1.76× its national share
Peak year is the year Patricia 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.
Patricia births per year, 1925–2025
1951 was the biggest year for Patricia both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1926 and 1931, Patricia became 2.1× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 2005 and 2010, its share of baby girls fell by 43%, from 1 in 2,100 to 1 in 3,710.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Patricia's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Patricia.
Decade by decade
Babies named Patricia 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 | 53,191 | 165 | – |
| 1930s | 220,582 | 788 | #5 |
| 1940s | 411,412 | 1,242 | #4 |
| 1950s | 459,681 | 1,021 | #6 |
| 1960s | 231,178 | 726 | #6 |
| 1970s | 81,111 | 438 | #36 |
| 1980s | 45,127 | 374 | #64 |
| 1990s | 24,118 | 130 | #150 |
| 2000s | 9,320 | 15 | #356 |
| 2010s | 3,731 | 0 | #802 |
| 2020–25 | 1,200 | 0 | #1,336 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
51.2% of babies named Patricia from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Patricia is most popular
The index compares Patricia'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 Patricia.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 1.76× | 12,639 |
| Rhode Island | 1.55× | 8,551 |
| Massachusetts | 1.47× | 54,528 |
| Vermont | 1.45× | 3,777 |
| Pennsylvania | 1.41× | 112,103 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Patricia's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Patricia.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Patricia (1951).
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