Girls' name · since 1960
Patina
Since 1960, U.S. Social Security records show 278 babies named Patina, peaking in 1973. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,565 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 278
- born since 1960
- 1970s
- peak decade
278 girls have been named Patina since 1960, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Patina has 278 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 1993.
- #16,565 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 278 born since 1960
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Patina ranks #16,565 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 278 born since 1960, peaking in the 1970s.
- #16,565 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 278
- born since 1960
- 1970s
- peak decade
Patina's 278 recorded births place it above 77.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Patina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Patina's full recorded timeline at 1974, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1963, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1973 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Patina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1993
- Peak year (1973)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Patina by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (135 births, 49% of the file).
1970s was Patina's strongest decade.
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Patina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
85 births
- 1970s
1970s
135 births
- 1980s 53
1980s
53 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 135 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Patina's decade-level peak was the 1970s (135 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Patina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~33 yrs)
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, 1960–1993 (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 Patina 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.