Pat
Pat was last recorded in 2014, when 5 babies were given it; 66,855 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2014 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 31,000 Americans named Pat and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (46% of everyone recorded); the median is 75 years old and half are between 66 and 83.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Pat by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Pat mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Pat is “a diminutive of the female given name Patricia.”
Also “a diminutive of the male given name Patrick.”
/pæt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Pat?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #12,642, in 1991; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
2,544 babies in 1947, the peak
Pat peaked in 1947, when 2,544 babies were given it (1,824 girls, #164 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | under 5 | 5 | #13,518 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 5 | #13,551 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 11 | #7,291 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 6 | #11,108 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 5 | #12,251 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 5 | #11,992 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 6 | #9,996 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 7 | #8,213 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 6 | #8,961 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 14 | #4,441 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | under 5 | 9 | #6,209 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 8 | #6,657 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 21 | #3,179 | |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,642 | 26 | #2,658 |
| 1990 | under 5 | 20 | #3,132 | |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,905 | 18 | #3,288 |
| 1988 | under 5 | 21 | #2,741 | |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,851 | 20 | #2,691 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,973 | 20 | #2,664 |
| 1985 | 6 | #10,262 | 21 | #2,482 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,858 | 21 | #2,416 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,712 | 24 | #2,193 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,710 | 26 | #2,098 |
| 1981 | under 5 | 32 | #1,796 | |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,632 | 26 | #2,100 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,322 | 32 | #1,776 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,607 | 38 | #1,527 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,367 | 42 | #1,423 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,285 | 50 | #1,235 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,892 | 61 | #1,078 |
| 1974 | 28 | #2,665 | 53 | #1,131 |
| 1973 | 30 | #2,489 | 87 | #850 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,652 | 94 | #832 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,898 | 139 | #703 |
| 1970 | 35 | #2,260 | 191 | #586 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,972 | 227 | #517 |
| 1968 | 63 | #1,429 | 289 | #452 |
| 1967 | 78 | #1,207 | 355 | #406 |
| 1966 | 106 | #997 | 411 | #375 |
| 1965 | 162 | #781 | 518 | #332 |
| 1964 | 273 | #607 | 749 | #283 |
| 1963 | 311 | #549 | 738 | #283 |
| 1962 | 484 | #439 | 830 | #265 |
| 1961 | 611 | #390 | 929 | #258 |
| 1960 | 755 | #349 | 1,000 | #253 |
| 1959 | 1,002 | #283 | 948 | #259 |
| 1958 | 1,042 | #274 | 844 | #267 |
| 1957 | 815 | #319 | 634 | #302 |
| 1956 | 435 | #438 | 418 | #360 |
| 1955 | 359 | #476 | 329 | #400 |
| 1954 | 291 | #519 | 314 | #404 |
| 1953 | 247 | #555 | 306 | #399 |
| 1952 | 300 | #486 | 328 | #377 |
| 1951 | 325 | #464 | 315 | #383 |
| 1950 | 440 | #385 | 384 | #342 |
| 1949 | 667 | #299 | 496 | #306 |
| 1948 | 1,249 | #207 | 596 | #272 |
| 1947 | 1,824 | #164 | 720 | #245 |
| 1946 | 1,871 | #147 | 623 | #249 |
| 1945 | 1,520 | #154 | 492 | #264 |
| 1944 | 1,592 | #154 | 495 | #268 |
| 1943 | 1,840 | #145 | 519 | #267 |
| 1942 | 1,824 | #144 | 534 | #248 |
| 1941 | 1,900 | #134 | 530 | #241 |
| 1940 | 1,863 | #134 | 482 | #250 |
| 1939 | 1,659 | #142 | 446 | #255 |
| 1938 | 1,533 | #149 | 420 | #269 |
| 1937 | 1,529 | #147 | 483 | #240 |
| 1936 | 1,344 | #152 | 421 | #263 |
| 1935 | 1,327 | #150 | 458 | #253 |
| 1934 | 1,204 | #162 | 472 | #242 |
| 1933 | 1,146 | #160 | 380 | #270 |
| 1932 | 1,061 | #177 | 449 | #254 |
| 1931 | 926 | #198 | 407 | #274 |
| 1930 | 734 | #227 | 373 | #296 |
| 1929 | 597 | #262 | 363 | #293 |
| 1928 | 457 | #308 | 360 | #296 |
| 1927 | 407 | #334 | 287 | #339 |
| 1926 | 338 | #366 | 297 | #337 |
| 1925 | 198 | #501 | 295 | #337 |
| 1924 | 158 | #586 | 240 | #389 |
| 1923 | 112 | #694 | 227 | #395 |
| 1922 | 96 | #747 | 229 | #398 |
| 1921 | 75 | #855 | 223 | #406 |
| 1920 | 78 | #820 | 204 | #416 |
| 1919 | 77 | #805 | 180 | #441 |
| 1918 | 70 | #860 | 215 | #404 |
| 1917 | 52 | #971 | 185 | #415 |
| 1916 | 63 | #864 | 177 | #422 |
| 1915 | 46 | #986 | 166 | #420 |
| 1914 | 45 | #875 | 128 | #424 |
| 1913 | 30 | #997 | 90 | #459 |
| 1912 | 31 | #915 | 75 | #459 |
| 1911 | 21 | #978 | 49 | #411 |
| 1910 | 19 | #1,023 | 58 | #325 |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,093 | 42 | #370 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,185 | 36 | #392 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,268 | 33 | #394 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,686 | 35 | #353 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,875 | 35 | #353 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,814 | 35 | #342 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,413 | 33 | #338 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,563 | 35 | #333 |
| 1901 | under 5 | 32 | #316 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 50 | #294 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 27 | #351 | |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,477 | 20 | #467 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,736 | 32 | #329 |
| 1896 | under 5 | 27 | #378 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 36 | #303 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 28 | #347 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 27 | #346 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 24 | #391 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 16 | #454 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 29 | #325 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 19 | #427 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 30 | #341 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 19 | #387 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 23 | #365 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 23 | #374 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 26 | #350 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 20 | #394 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 28 | #327 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 20 | #384 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 12 | #555 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Pat a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 66,855 Americans recorded as Pat, 60% are girls and 40% boys. Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Pat every year since 1960.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Pat: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Pat, and how old are they?
31,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 46% of the 66,855 Americans ever recorded as Pat. The median Pat alive today is 75 years old; half are between 66 and 83.
The 2020 Census counted 40,768 people named Pat (24,276 women and girls, 16,492 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 38,944 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 9,970 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 17,700 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,870 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 346 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 45 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 10 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Pat born?
The states with the most babies named Pat are California, Texas and Illinois, with 28% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 7,373 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Texas | 5,291 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Illinois | 4,332 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| New York | 3,567 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 3,422 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 3,105 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Missouri | 2,256 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Oklahoma | 2,156 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,019 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Washington | 1,975 | not ranked | 2.1× |
Where Pat is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Pat is most over-represented in Washington: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Pat with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 67,265 babies since 1880, Pat is the most given (99% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Pat and names like it
- Compare Pat and PattBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sPat peaked in 1947.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Pat since 1910.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Pat.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Pat alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with PMost given first.