Girls' name · peaked in 1936
Patsy name popularity since 1925
120,031 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Patsy (96.5% girls, 3.5% boys). Half of them were born in 1943 or earlier, so the typical Patsy is about 83 years old in 2026. Patsy peaked in 1936 as the #52 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 120,031
- Named Patsy, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #6,059 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 96.5% girls
- 115,873 girls · 4,158 boys
- Most popular in
- Arkansas
- 4.86× its national share
Peak year is the year Patsy 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.
Patsy births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1941. Measured as a share of all babies, Patsy peaked in 1936.
- Fastest rise: Between 1925 and 1930, Patsy became 3.9× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1964 and 1969, its share of baby girls fell by 59%, from 1 in 2,320 to 1 in 5,720.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Patsy's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Patsy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Patsy 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 | 6,666 | 1,382 | – |
| 1930s | 36,475 | 1,418 | #56 |
| 1940s | 40,282 | 623 | #84 |
| 1950s | 21,734 | 357 | #172 |
| 1960s | 6,919 | 233 | #384 |
| 1970s | 1,746 | 84 | #912 |
| 1980s | 845 | 50 | #1,516 |
| 1990s | 690 | 11 | #2,386 |
| 2000s | 257 | 0 | #5,219 |
| 2010s | 150 | 0 | #7,524 |
| 2020–25 | 109 | 0 | #6,059 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
56.1% of babies named Patsy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Patsy is most popular
The index compares Patsy'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 Patsy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 4.86× | 5,895 |
| Oklahoma | 3.84× | 5,903 |
| Tennessee | 2.84× | 7,055 |
| Mississippi | 2.54× | 3,623 |
| Kentucky | 2.49× | 4,920 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Patsy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Patsy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Patsy (1936).
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