Girls' name · since 2005

Pacience

25 babies named Pacience in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#43,304 of 72,339
all-time among girls
25
born since 2005
2000s
peak decade

Pacience sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 25 recorded since 2005.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pacience has been recorded 25 times among girls since 2005, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2009.

  • #43,304 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 25 born since 2005
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pacience ranks #43,304 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 2005, peaking in the 2000s.

#43,304 of 72,339
all-time among girls
25
born since 2005
2000s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Pacience's 25 recorded births place it above 39.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Pacience's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Pacience's full recorded timeline at 2007, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Pacience popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2009

Last recorded 2009
Peak year (2006)
8
Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
456789 2005200620072009 5

Pacience by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (25 births, 100% of the file).

2000s was Pacience's strongest decade.

25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Pacience births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 25 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Pacience?
25 babies have been named Pacience since 2005. All-time, it sits at #43,304 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 2009. The peak year was 2006 with 8 births.
Where does Pacience sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pacience ranks #43,304 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Pacience most popular?
Pacience was most popular in the 2000s decade with 25 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Pacience been used?
Pacience has been recorded in Social Security data since 2005, spanning 5 years of data through 2009.
What names are similar to Pacience?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Pacey, Pachia, Pace, Pacita, and 3 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Pacience: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Pacience draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.