Patches
#20,932 most common girls' name of all time · #34,150 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1968–1983
Rank among girls
#20,932
Rank overall
#34,150 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
16 of 146
All-time
151
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1975 #3,926
Best rank
#3,926 1975
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Patches first appears in 1968. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,575 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,806 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,610 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,148 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,010 |
| 1978 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,812 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,776 |
| 1976 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,813 |
| 1975 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,926 |
| 1974 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,009 |
| 1973 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,965 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,864 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,225 |
| 1970 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,780 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,416 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,106 |