Girls' name · peaked in 1959
Patty name popularity since 1925
61,590 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Patty. Half of them were born in 1956 or earlier, so the typical Patty is about 70 years old in 2026. Patty peaked in 1959 as the #140 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 61,590
- Named Patty, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #16,671 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 61,383 girls · 207 boys
- Most popular in
- West Virginia
- 4.91× its national share
Peak year is the year Patty 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.
Patty births per year, 1925–2025
1959 was the biggest year for Patty both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1925 and 1930, Patty became 3.1× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1964 and 1969, its share of baby girls fell by 68%, from 1 in 807 to 1 in 2,480.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Patty's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Patty.
Decade by decade
Babies named Patty 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 | 2,175 | 23 | – |
| 1930s | 9,625 | 66 | #190 |
| 1940s | 11,417 | 59 | #192 |
| 1950s | 16,106 | 27 | #222 |
| 1960s | 17,521 | 27 | #199 |
| 1970s | 3,057 | 5 | #628 |
| 1980s | 893 | 0 | #1,628 |
| 1990s | 351 | 0 | #3,853 |
| 2000s | 157 | 0 | #7,071 |
| 2010s | 63 | 0 | #14,149 |
| 2020–25 | 18 | 0 | #16,671 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
54.2% of babies named Patty from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Patty is most popular
The index compares Patty'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 Patty.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 4.91× | 2,578 |
| South Dakota | 2.64× | 502 |
| Nebraska | 2.57× | 1,074 |
| Kentucky | 2.38× | 2,381 |
| Iowa | 2.37× | 1,796 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Patty and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Patty (this page) | 61,383 | 1959 |
| Patti | 44,430 | 1958 |
| Pattie | 7,454 | 1880 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Patty's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Patty.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Patty (1959).
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