Patches — girls' name

What the Data Says About Patches

The Social Security Administration has registered 151 babies named Patches between 1968 and 1983, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Patches currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Patches performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Patches shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Patches in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Patches in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 151 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.