Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Pat**

#500 most common girls' name of all time · #921 across all names · 40% boys / 60% girls · used 1880–2014 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#500
Rank overall
#921 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
125 of 146
All-time
66,855
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1947 #164
Best rank
#134 1940
Girls Boys peak 2,544/yr
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Pat is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2014 — 5 5 —
2013 — 5 5 —
2006 — 11 11 —
2005 — 6 6 —
2003 — 5 5 —
2002 — 5 5 —
2000 — 6 6 —
1998 — 7 7 —
1997 — 6 6 —
1995 — 14 14 —
1994 — 9 9 —
1993 — 8 8 —
1992 — 21 21 —
1991 6 26 32 #11,539
1990 — 20 20 —
1989 6 18 24 #10,875
1988 — 21 21 —
1987 6 20 26 #9,869
1986 10 20 30 #6,633
1985 6 21 27 #9,349
1984 7 21 28 #8,190
1983 12 24 36 #5,475
1982 10 26 36 #6,383
1981 — 32 32 —
1980 10 26 36 #6,345
1979 13 32 45 #5,108
1978 15 38 53 #4,472
1977 16 42 58 #4,252
1976 15 50 65 #4,168
1975 17 61 78 #3,784
1974 28 53 81 #2,626
1973 30 87 117 #2,461
1972 27 94 121 #2,603
1971 46 139 185 #1,881
1970 35 191 226 #2,243
1969 41 227 268 #1,960
1968 63 289 352 #1,421
1967 78 355 433 #1,205
1966 106 411 517 #992
1965 162 518 680 #780
1964 273 749 1,022 #606
1963 311 738 1,049 #549
1962 484 830 1,314 #439
1961 611 929 1,540 #390
1960 755 1,000 1,755 #349
1959 1,002 948 1,950 #283
1958 1,042 844 1,886 #274
1957 815 634 1,449 #319
1956 435 418 853 #439
1955 359 329 688 #477
1954 291 314 605 #520
1953 247 306 553 #556
1952 300 328 628 #486
1951 325 315 640 #465
1950 440 384 824 #386
1949 667 496 1,163 #299
1948 1,249 596 1,845 #207
1947 1,824 720 2,544 #164
1946 1,871 623 2,494 #147
1945 1,520 492 2,012 #154
1944 1,592 495 2,087 #154
1943 1,840 519 2,359 #145
1942 1,824 534 2,358 #144
1941 1,900 530 2,430 #134
1940 1,863 482 2,345 #134
1939 1,659 446 2,105 #142
1938 1,533 420 1,953 #149
1937 1,529 483 2,012 #147
1936 1,344 421 1,765 #152
1935 1,327 458 1,785 #150
1934 1,204 472 1,676 #162
1933 1,146 380 1,526 #160
1932 1,061 449 1,510 #177
1931 926 407 1,333 #198
1930 734 373 1,107 #227
1929 597 363 960 #262
1928 457 360 817 #308
1927 407 287 694 #334
1926 338 297 635 #367
1925 198 295 493 #500
1924 158 240 398 #586
1923 112 227 339 #693
1922 96 229 325 #745
1921 75 223 298 #855
1920 78 204 282 #819
1919 77 180 257 #800
1918 70 215 285 #861
1917 52 185 237 #967
1916 63 177 240 #860
1915 46 166 212 #982
1914 45 128 173 #873
1913 30 90 120 #988
1912 31 75 106 #912
1911 21 49 70 #964
1910 19 58 77 #1,006
1909 15 42 57 #1,069
1908 13 36 49 #1,159
1907 11 33 44 #1,228
1906 7 35 42 #1,582
1905 6 35 41 #1,729
1904 6 35 41 #1,683
1903 8 33 41 #1,343
1902 7 35 42 #1,464
1901 — 32 32 —
1900 — 50 50 —
1899 — 27 27 —
1898 7 20 27 #1,410
1897 5 32 37 #1,583
1896 — 27 27 —
1895 — 36 36 —
1894 — 28 28 —
1893 — 27 27 —
1892 — 24 24 —
1891 — 16 16 —
1890 — 29 29 —
1889 — 19 19 —
1888 — 30 30 —
1887 — 19 19 —
1886 — 23 23 —
1885 — 23 23 —
1884 — 26 26 —
1883 — 20 20 —
1882 — 28 28 —
1881 — 20 20 —
1880 — 12 12 —