Patra — girls' name

What the Data Says About Patra

The Social Security Administration has registered 517 babies named Patra between 1919 and 2004, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Patra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Patra performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 133 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Patra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Patra in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Patra 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 517 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.