Patricia was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #3 in 1937 but is far less common today.
Patricia is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,336 for girl births in the United States (and #2,507 across all names), given to 167 babies. Patricia was first reported in SSA data in 1884 and peaked in 1951 (56,446 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 167 | 167 | #1,336 | — |
| 2024 | 179 | 179 | #1,295 | — |
| 2023 | 203 | 203 | #1,182 | — |
| 2022 | 222 | 222 | #1,116 | — |
| 2021 | 212 | 212 | #1,157 | — |
| 2020 | 217 | 222 | #1,117 | — |
| 2019 | 281 | 281 | #942 | — |
| 2018 | 299 | 305 | #900 | — |
| 2017 | 308 | 317 | #884 | — |
| 2016 | 387 | 395 | #736 | — |
| 2015 | 351 | 359 | #802 | — |
| 2014 | 380 | 390 | #738 | — |
| 2013 | 419 | 434 | #677 | — |
| 2012 | 396 | 414 | #712 | — |
| 2011 | 431 | 443 | #659 | — |
| 2010 | 479 | 488 | #617 | — |
| 2009 | 565 | 589 | #535 | — |
| 2008 | 630 | 654 | #499 | — |
| 2007 | 728 | 750 | #443 | — |
| 2006 | 781 | 828 | #411 | #13,498 |
| 2005 | 880 | 926 | #356 | — |
| 2004 | 998 | 1,042 | #317 | — |
| 2003 | 1,016 | 1,076 | #307 | #12,260 |
| 2002 | 1,115 | 1,187 | #281 | — |
| 2001 | 1,224 | 1,295 | #261 | — |
| 2000 | 1,398 | 1,455 | #226 | #11,691 |
| 1999 | 1,537 | 1,638 | #201 | #11,155 |
| 1998 | 1,710 | 1,788 | #180 | #9,330 |
| 1997 | 1,787 | — | #169 | #8,968 |
| 1996 | 1,978 | — | #159 | #6,948 |
| 1995 | 2,169 | — | #150 | #6,821 |
| 1994 | 2,374 | — | #135 | #5,360 |
| 1993 | 2,677 | — | #125 | #3,609 |
| 1992 | 2,961 | — | #111 | #5,157 |
| 1991 | 3,437 | — | #101 | #3,426 |
| 1990 | 3,618 | — | #97 | #1,960 |
| 1989 | 3,650 | — | #89 | #1,672 |
| 1988 | 3,842 | — | #77 | #1,663 |
| 1987 | 3,951 | — | #76 | #1,750 |
| 1986 | 4,284 | — | #66 | #1,684 |
| 1985 | 4,437 | — | #64 | #1,753 |
| 1984 | 4,508 | — | #66 | #1,791 |
| 1983 | 4,957 | — | #60 | #1,804 |
| 1982 | 5,212 | — | #59 | #1,460 |
| 1981 | 5,311 | — | #53 | #2,027 |
| 1980 | 5,349 | — | #51 | #1,562 |
| 1979 | 5,688 | — | #44 | #1,557 |
| 1978 | 5,532 | — | #48 | #1,642 |
| 1977 | 5,935 | — | #47 | #1,697 |
| 1976 | 6,052 | — | #43 | #1,564 |
| 1975 | 7,082 | — | #36 | #1,743 |
| 1974 | 8,084 | — | #29 | #1,211 |
| 1973 | 8,528 | — | #27 | #1,144 |
| 1972 | 9,650 | — | #27 | #1,188 |
| 1971 | 11,521 | — | #26 | #1,155 |
| 1970 | 13,477 | — | #24 | #956 |
| 1969 | 15,024 | — | #18 | #956 |
| 1968 | 15,872 | — | #15 | #873 |
| 1967 | 17,817 | — | #11 | #906 |
| 1966 | 20,193 | — | #7 | #810 |
| 1965 | 23,616 | — | #6 | #928 |
| 1964 | 26,175 | — | #5 | #829 |
| 1963 | 25,446 | — | #7 | #884 |
| 1962 | 26,612 | — | #6 | #848 |
| 1961 | 28,966 | — | #6 | #872 |
| 1960 | 32,183 | — | #7 | #908 |
| 1959 | 35,310 | — | #6 | #821 |
| 1958 | 38,067 | — | #5 | #727 |
| 1957 | 39,374 | — | #8 | #788 |
| 1956 | 43,431 | — | #6 | #731 |
| 1955 | 46,317 | — | #6 | #765 |
| 1954 | 49,250 | — | #4 | #720 |
| 1953 | 51,146 | — | #4 | #634 |
| 1952 | 53,205 | — | #3 | #686 |
| 1951 | 56,574 | — | #3 | #625 |
| 1950 | 48,028 | — | #3 | #752 |
| 1949 | 46,427 | — | #3 | #676 |
| 1948 | 46,235 | — | #4 | #687 |
| 1947 | 51,398 | — | #3 | #629 |
| 1946 | 46,408 | — | #3 | #613 |
| 1945 | 35,943 | — | #4 | #608 |
| 1944 | 36,989 | — | #4 | #574 |
| 1943 | 39,766 | — | #3 | #517 |
| 1942 | 39,624 | — | #3 | #488 |
| 1941 | 37,059 | — | #3 | #475 |
| 1940 | 32,805 | — | #3 | #493 |
| 1939 | 29,811 | — | #3 | #548 |
| 1938 | 27,667 | — | #3 | #567 |
| 1937 | 26,936 | — | #3 | #583 |
| 1936 | 24,016 | — | #5 | #580 |
| 1935 | 22,965 | — | #5 | #637 |
| 1934 | 20,912 | — | #6 | #745 |
| 1933 | 18,708 | — | #6 | #684 |
| 1932 | 18,037 | — | #6 | #989 |
| 1931 | 16,515 | — | #8 | #980 |
| 1930 | 15,803 | — | #7 | #939 |
| 1929 | 13,667 | — | #10 | #1,051 |
| 1928 | 12,363 | — | #11 | #1,290 |
| 1927 | 10,592 | — | #18 | #1,172 |
| 1926 | 8,615 | — | #23 | #1,376 |
| 1925 | 8,119 | — | #28 | #1,618 |
| 1924 | 6,975 | — | #35 | #1,953 |
| 1923 | 4,800 | — | #56 | — |
| 1922 | 3,910 | — | #69 | #3,465 |
| 1921 | 3,390 | — | #84 | #2,930 |
| 1920 | 2,509 | — | #104 | #3,737 |
| 1919 | 2,152 | — | #114 | #3,314 |
| 1918 | 1,765 | — | #133 | #4,651 |
| 1917 | 1,447 | — | #147 | #3,874 |
| 1916 | 1,078 | — | #174 | — |
| 1915 | 895 | — | #189 | — |
| 1914 | 656 | — | #201 | — |
| 1913 | 588 | — | #190 | — |
| 1912 | 504 | — | #195 | — |
| 1911 | 325 | — | #218 | — |
| 1910 | 316 | — | #206 | — |
| 1909 | 233 | — | #234 | — |
| 1908 | 205 | — | #238 | — |
| 1907 | 177 | — | #260 | — |
| 1906 | 157 | — | #263 | — |
| 1905 | 121 | — | #307 | — |
| 1904 | 124 | — | #287 | — |
| 1903 | 79 | — | #358 | — |
| 1902 | 85 | — | #345 | — |
| 1901 | 68 | — | #367 | — |
| 1900 | 87 | — | #362 | — |
| 1899 | 55 | — | #389 | — |
| 1898 | 46 | — | #455 | — |
| 1897 | 49 | — | #419 | — |
| 1896 | 37 | — | #484 | — |
| 1895 | 35 | — | #498 | — |
| 1894 | 36 | — | #472 | — |
| 1893 | 28 | — | #531 | — |
| 1892 | 21 | — | #634 | — |
| 1891 | 12 | — | #832 | — |
| 1890 | 11 | — | #864 | — |
| 1889 | 17 | — | #635 | — |
| 1888 | 12 | — | #785 | — |
| 1887 | 10 | — | #781 | — |
| 1886 | 8 | — | #879 | — |
| 1885 | 5 | — | #1,164 | — |
| 1884 | 6 | — | #1,001 | — |