Patton*
#3,385 most common boys' name of all time · #8,244 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1915–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#3,385
Rank overall
#8,244 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
89 of 146
All-time
1,763
Since 2016
598
Peak year
2015 #2,042
Best rank
#1,840 1945
Girls
Boys
peak 77/yr
Patton first appears in 1915. 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 | 36 | 42 | #3,254 |
| 2024 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,293 |
| 2023 | 7 | 46 | 53 | #2,776 |
| 2022 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,527 |
| 2021 | 8 | 52 | 60 | #2,530 |
| 2020 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,374 |
| 2019 | 5 | 62 | 67 | #2,237 |
| 2018 | — | 61 | 61 | #2,241 |
| 2017 | — | 69 | 69 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 6 | 68 | 74 | #2,072 |
| 2015 | 7 | 70 | 77 | #2,042 |
| 2014 | 7 | 51 | 58 | #2,467 |
| 2013 | 5 | 57 | 62 | #2,255 |
| 2012 | 6 | 48 | 54 | #2,563 |
| 2011 | 7 | 50 | 57 | #2,485 |
| 2010 | 5 | 45 | 50 | #2,693 |
| 2009 | 5 | 32 | 37 | #3,410 |
| 2008 | 7 | 28 | 35 | #3,759 |
| 2007 | 7 | 27 | 34 | #3,816 |
| 2006 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,534 |
| 2005 | — | 37 | 37 | #2,856 |
| 2004 | 6 | 20 | 26 | #4,291 |
| 2003 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,063 |
| 2002 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #4,731 |
| 2001 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,532 |
| 2000 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,832 |
| 1999 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,204 |
| 1998 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,689 |
| 1997 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,288 |
| 1996 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,059 |
| 1995 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,571 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,951 |
| 1993 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,696 |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,778 |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,438 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,932 |
| 1989 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,586 |
| 1988 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,578 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,155 |
| 1985 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,127 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,111 |
| 1983 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,597 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,576 |
| 1981 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,090 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,513 |
| 1978 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,111 |
| 1977 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,922 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,783 |
| 1975 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,048 |
| 1973 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,178 |
| 1972 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,740 |
| 1971 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,115 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,395 |
| 1969 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,107 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,853 |
| 1966 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,378 |
| 1965 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,686 |
| 1964 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,616 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,304 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,278 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,801 |
| 1958 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1956 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,109 |
| 1955 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,357 |
| 1954 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,686 |
| 1953 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,355 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,981 |
| 1951 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,246 |
| 1950 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,529 |
| 1949 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,950 |
| 1948 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1947 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,331 |
| 1946 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,242 |
| 1945 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 1944 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,069 |
| 1943 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,433 |
| 1942 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,134 |
| 1940 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,725 |
| 1938 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,422 |
| 1934 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,531 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,445 |
| 1927 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,658 |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,989 |
| 1924 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,985 |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,059 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,601 |
| 1915 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,822 |