Patterson
#6,822 most common boys' name of all time · #17,121 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1912–2025
Rank among boys
#6,822
Rank overall
#17,121 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
560
Since 2016
56
Peak year
2010 #6,063
Best rank
#2,376 1955
Girls
Boys
peak 19/yr
Patterson first appears in 1912. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,778 |
| 2023 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,823 |
| 2020 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,074 |
| 2019 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,694 |
| 2018 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,179 |
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,358 |
| 2016 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 2015 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,534 |
| 2014 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2013 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2012 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,082 |
| 2011 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,048 |
| 2010 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #6,063 |
| 2009 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,362 |
| 2008 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,763 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,875 |
| 2006 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,953 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #11,588 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,479 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,923 |
| 2001 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,493 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,286 |
| 1999 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,110 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,752 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,905 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,284 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,068 |
| 1988 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,548 |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,056 |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,885 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,617 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,248 |
| 1969 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,069 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,308 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,074 |
| 1964 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,146 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,772 |
| 1961 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,463 |
| 1960 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,457 |
| 1959 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1957 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,128 |
| 1956 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,670 |
| 1955 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,376 |
| 1953 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,814 |
| 1951 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,207 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,169 |
| 1949 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,536 |
| 1947 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,990 |
| 1946 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,327 |
| 1944 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,413 |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,739 |
| 1942 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1941 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1940 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,603 |
| 1933 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,485 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,965 |
| 1930 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,417 |
| 1929 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,127 |
| 1926 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,521 |
| 1925 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,547 |
| 1923 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,877 |
| 1922 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,667 |
| 1921 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,350 |
| 1918 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,862 |
| 1914 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,592 |
| 1912 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,860 |