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.

Patricia

#3 most common girls' name of all time · #16 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1884–2025

Rank among girls
#3
Rank overall
#16 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
142 of 146
All-time
1,578,584
Since 2016
2,475
Peak year
1951 #3
Best rank
#3 1937
Girls Boys peak 56,574/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Patricia first appears in 1884. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 167 — 167 #1,335
2024 179 — 179 #1,293
2023 203 — 203 #1,180
2022 222 — 222 #1,115
2021 212 — 212 #1,154
2020 217 — 217 #1,116
2019 281 — 281 #940
2018 299 — 299 #899
2017 308 — 308 #883
2016 387 — 387 #736
2015 351 — 351 #802
2014 380 — 380 #738
2013 419 — 419 #677
2012 396 — 396 #711
2011 431 — 431 #658
2010 479 — 479 #617
2009 565 — 565 #534
2008 630 — 630 #498
2007 728 — 728 #442
2006 776 5 781 #411
2005 880 — 880 #356
2004 998 — 998 #317
2003 1,011 5 1,016 #307
2002 1,115 — 1,115 #280
2001 1,224 — 1,224 #260
2000 1,393 5 1,398 #226
1999 1,532 5 1,537 #201
1998 1,704 6 1,710 #180
1997 1,781 6 1,787 #169
1996 1,970 8 1,978 #159
1995 2,161 8 2,169 #150
1994 2,363 11 2,374 #135
1993 2,659 18 2,677 #125
1992 2,950 11 2,961 #111
1991 3,419 18 3,437 #101
1990 3,579 39 3,618 #97
1989 3,603 47 3,650 #89
1988 3,799 43 3,842 #77
1987 3,913 38 3,951 #76
1986 4,246 38 4,284 #66
1985 4,402 35 4,437 #64
1984 4,476 32 4,508 #66
1983 4,926 31 4,957 #60
1982 5,168 44 5,212 #59
1981 5,284 27 5,311 #53
1980 5,310 39 5,349 #51
1979 5,650 38 5,688 #44
1978 5,498 34 5,532 #48
1977 5,903 32 5,935 #47
1976 6,017 35 6,052 #43
1975 7,053 29 7,082 #36
1974 8,036 48 8,084 #29
1973 8,476 52 8,528 #27
1972 9,602 48 9,650 #27
1971 11,470 51 11,521 #26
1970 13,406 71 13,477 #24
1969 14,959 65 15,024 #18
1968 15,803 69 15,872 #15
1967 17,753 64 17,817 #11
1966 20,112 81 20,193 #7
1965 23,552 64 23,616 #6
1964 26,091 84 26,175 #5
1963 25,374 72 25,446 #7
1962 26,532 80 26,612 #6
1961 28,889 77 28,966 #6
1960 32,113 70 32,183 #7
1959 35,223 87 35,310 #6
1958 37,961 106 38,067 #5
1957 39,283 91 39,374 #8
1956 43,329 102 43,431 #6
1955 46,226 91 46,317 #6
1954 49,149 101 49,250 #4
1953 51,019 127 51,146 #4
1952 53,101 104 53,205 #3
1951 56,446 128 56,574 #3
1950 47,944 84 48,028 #3
1949 46,324 103 46,427 #3
1948 46,140 95 46,235 #4
1947 51,278 120 51,398 #3
1946 46,297 111 46,408 #3
1945 35,844 99 35,943 #4
1944 36,874 115 36,989 #4
1943 39,620 146 39,766 #3
1942 39,465 159 39,624 #3
1941 36,905 154 37,059 #3
1940 32,665 140 32,805 #3
1939 29,701 110 29,811 #3
1938 27,560 107 27,667 #3
1937 26,838 98 26,936 #3
1936 23,916 100 24,016 #5
1935 22,879 86 22,965 #5
1934 20,844 68 20,912 #6
1933 18,632 76 18,708 #6
1932 17,992 45 18,037 #6
1931 16,469 46 16,515 #8
1930 15,751 52 15,803 #7
1929 13,624 43 13,667 #10
1928 12,331 32 12,363 #11
1927 10,554 38 10,592 #18
1926 8,586 29 8,615 #23
1925 8,096 23 8,119 #28
1924 6,957 18 6,975 #35
1923 4,800 — 4,800 #56
1922 3,902 8 3,910 #69
1921 3,380 10 3,390 #84
1920 2,502 7 2,509 #104
1919 2,144 8 2,152 #114
1918 1,760 5 1,765 #133
1917 1,441 6 1,447 #147
1916 1,078 — 1,078 #174
1915 895 — 895 #189
1914 656 — 656 #201
1913 588 — 588 #190
1912 504 — 504 #195
1911 325 — 325 #218
1910 316 — 316 #206
1909 233 — 233 #234
1908 205 — 205 #238
1907 177 — 177 #260
1906 157 — 157 #263
1905 121 — 121 #307
1904 124 — 124 #287
1903 79 — 79 #360
1902 85 — 85 #345
1901 68 — 68 #367
1900 87 — 87 #362
1899 55 — 55 #389
1898 46 — 46 #460
1897 49 — 49 #419
1896 37 — 37 #486
1895 35 — 35 #498
1894 36 — 36 #474
1893 28 — 28 #534
1892 21 — 21 #637
1891 12 — 12 #830
1890 11 — 11 #864
1889 17 — 17 #639
1888 12 — 12 #786
1887 10 — 10 #786
1886 8 — 8 #885
1885 5 — 5 #1,144
1884 6 — 6 #1,016