Patience is an established girls' name that peaked in 2006 and has grown less common since.
Patience is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,297 for girl births in the United States (and #2,447 across all names), given to 172 babies. Patience was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2006 (508 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 172 | 172 | #1,297 | — |
| 2024 | 174 | 174 | #1,324 | — |
| 2023 | 204 | 204 | #1,207 | #11,895 |
| 2022 | 210 | 210 | #1,189 | #10,583 |
| 2021 | 237 | 237 | #1,084 | #11,783 |
| 2020 | 229 | 229 | #1,080 | — |
| 2019 | 236 | 236 | #1,071 | — |
| 2018 | 221 | 221 | #1,147 | #9,443 |
| 2017 | 181 | 181 | #1,302 | — |
| 2016 | 206 | 206 | #1,206 | — |
| 2015 | 246 | 246 | #1,070 | — |
| 2014 | 278 | 278 | #978 | #13,525 |
| 2013 | 291 | 291 | #887 | — |
| 2012 | 316 | 316 | #845 | — |
| 2011 | 315 | 315 | #839 | — |
| 2010 | 347 | 347 | #803 | #11,815 |
| 2009 | 383 | 383 | #746 | — |
| 2008 | 390 | 390 | #765 | #12,187 |
| 2007 | 454 | 454 | #653 | — |
| 2006 | 508 | 508 | #578 | — |
| 2005 | 472 | 472 | #604 | — |
| 2004 | 293 | 293 | #842 | — |
| 2003 | 277 | 277 | #868 | — |
| 2002 | 264 | 264 | #869 | — |
| 2001 | 242 | 242 | #924 | — |
| 2000 | 246 | 246 | #894 | — |
| 1999 | 230 | 230 | #920 | — |
| 1998 | 252 | 252 | #849 | — |
| 1997 | 225 | — | #898 | — |
| 1996 | 255 | — | #806 | — |
| 1995 | 209 | — | #907 | — |
| 1994 | 202 | — | #933 | — |
| 1993 | 163 | — | #1,108 | — |
| 1992 | 176 | — | #1,049 | — |
| 1991 | 158 | — | #1,126 | — |
| 1990 | 170 | — | #1,054 | — |
| 1989 | 113 | — | #1,365 | — |
| 1988 | 66 | — | #1,885 | — |
| 1987 | 65 | — | #1,806 | — |
| 1986 | 75 | — | #1,598 | — |
| 1985 | 63 | — | #1,799 | — |
| 1984 | 64 | — | #1,722 | — |
| 1983 | 70 | — | #1,600 | — |
| 1982 | 61 | — | #1,801 | — |
| 1981 | 78 | — | #1,541 | — |
| 1980 | 104 | — | #1,257 | — |
| 1979 | 76 | — | #1,539 | — |
| 1978 | 102 | — | #1,227 | — |
| 1977 | 90 | — | #1,301 | — |
| 1976 | 79 | — | #1,367 | — |
| 1975 | 89 | — | #1,264 | — |
| 1974 | 77 | — | #1,362 | — |
| 1973 | 94 | — | #1,165 | — |
| 1972 | 54 | — | #1,664 | — |
| 1971 | 50 | — | #1,792 | — |
| 1970 | 39 | — | #2,107 | — |
| 1969 | 32 | — | #2,285 | — |
| 1968 | 33 | — | #2,115 | — |
| 1967 | 32 | — | #2,106 | — |
| 1966 | 45 | — | #1,691 | — |
| 1965 | 42 | — | #1,758 | — |
| 1964 | 39 | — | #1,912 | — |
| 1963 | 27 | — | #2,345 | — |
| 1962 | 35 | — | #1,979 | — |
| 1961 | 36 | — | #1,944 | — |
| 1960 | 39 | — | #1,828 | — |
| 1959 | 29 | — | #2,139 | — |
| 1958 | 30 | — | #2,059 | — |
| 1957 | 39 | — | #1,740 | — |
| 1956 | 29 | — | #2,040 | — |
| 1955 | 27 | — | #2,094 | — |
| 1954 | 30 | — | #1,936 | — |
| 1953 | 24 | — | #2,164 | — |
| 1952 | 15 | — | #2,892 | — |
| 1951 | 17 | — | #2,548 | — |
| 1950 | 18 | — | #2,410 | — |
| 1949 | 15 | — | #2,697 | — |
| 1948 | 16 | — | #2,571 | — |
| 1947 | 24 | — | #2,032 | — |
| 1946 | 22 | — | #2,009 | — |
| 1945 | 16 | — | #2,217 | — |
| 1944 | 19 | — | #2,012 | — |
| 1943 | 27 | — | #1,651 | — |
| 1942 | 20 | — | #1,963 | — |
| 1941 | 36 | — | #1,288 | — |
| 1940 | 21 | — | #1,780 | — |
| 1939 | 22 | — | #1,672 | — |
| 1938 | 27 | — | #1,470 | — |
| 1937 | 24 | — | #1,570 | — |
| 1936 | 17 | — | #1,933 | — |
| 1935 | 16 | — | #2,080 | — |
| 1934 | 16 | — | #2,069 | — |
| 1933 | 7 | — | #3,670 | — |
| 1932 | 15 | — | #2,213 | — |
| 1931 | 18 | — | #1,931 | — |
| 1930 | 9 | — | #3,268 | — |
| 1929 | 13 | — | #2,546 | — |
| 1928 | 18 | — | #2,078 | — |
| 1927 | 14 | — | #2,518 | — |
| 1926 | 16 | — | #2,329 | — |
| 1925 | 12 | — | #2,900 | — |
| 1924 | 21 | — | #1,982 | — |
| 1923 | 20 | — | #2,007 | — |
| 1922 | 17 | — | #2,261 | — |
| 1921 | 14 | — | #2,608 | — |
| 1920 | 18 | — | #2,151 | — |
| 1919 | 17 | — | #2,134 | — |
| 1918 | 19 | — | #2,014 | — |
| 1917 | 26 | — | #1,499 | — |
| 1916 | 17 | — | #2,008 | — |
| 1915 | 18 | — | #1,868 | — |
| 1914 | 18 | — | #1,592 | — |
| 1913 | 11 | — | #1,995 | — |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #2,143 | — |
| 1910 | 11 | — | #1,497 | — |
| 1909 | 8 | — | #1,724 | — |
| 1908 | 13 | — | #1,186 | — |
| 1906 | 7 | — | #1,687 | — |
| 1905 | 7 | — | #1,658 | — |
| 1904 | 8 | — | #1,454 | — |
| 1903 | 7 | — | #1,551 | — |
| 1902 | 5 | — | #1,979 | — |
| 1901 | 10 | — | #1,122 | — |
| 1900 | 10 | — | #1,296 | — |
| 1899 | 10 | — | #1,084 | — |
| 1897 | 9 | — | #1,147 | — |
| 1896 | 11 | — | #1,033 | — |
| 1895 | 9 | — | #1,187 | — |
| 1894 | 11 | — | #987 | — |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,605 | — |
| 1892 | 6 | — | #1,412 | — |
| 1891 | 12 | — | #831 | — |
| 1890 | 9 | — | #992 | — |
| 1888 | 8 | — | #1,017 | — |
| 1887 | 8 | — | #927 | — |
| 1885 | 11 | — | #687 | — |
| 1884 | 7 | — | #909 | — |
| 1883 | 6 | — | #898 | — |
| 1882 | 6 | — | #879 | — |
| 1881 | 6 | — | #803 | — |
| 1880 | 7 | — | #726 | — |