Patricia
Patricia was given to 167 girls in 2025, #1,336 among girls’ names; 1,578,584 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1.01 million Americans named Patricia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (64% of everyone recorded); the median is 71 years old and half are between 62 and 78.
Patricia is the #6 most common first name among living American women and girls, by this estimate.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Patricia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Patricia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Patricia is “a female given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the sense “noble” (patricia).
From Latin patricia (“noble”); later also seen as the feminine form of the saint’s name Patrick.
/pəˈtɹɪʃə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Patricia?
#1,336 among girls’ names, 2025
Patricia fell from #802 in 2015 to #1,336 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.20 to 0.10 per 1,000.
56,574 babies in 1951, the peak
Patricia peaked in 1951, when 56,574 babies were given it (56,446 girls, #3 among girls’ names). The 167 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 167 | #1,336 | 0.10 |
| 2024 | 179 | #1,295 | 0.11 |
| 2023 | 203 | #1,182 | 0.13 |
| 2022 | 222 | #1,116 | 0.14 |
| 2021 | 212 | #1,157 | 0.13 |
| 2020 | 217 | #1,117 | 0.13 |
| 2019 | 281 | #942 | 0.17 |
| 2018 | 299 | #900 | 0.18 |
| 2017 | 308 | #884 | 0.18 |
| 2016 | 387 | #736 | 0.22 |
Every recorded year (142)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 351 | #802 | 0.20 |
| 2014 | 380 | #738 | 0.21 |
| 2013 | 419 | #677 | 0.24 |
| 2012 | 396 | #712 | 0.22 |
| 2011 | 431 | #659 | 0.25 |
| 2010 | 479 | #617 | 0.27 |
| 2009 | 565 | #535 | 0.31 |
| 2008 | 630 | #499 | 0.33 |
| 2007 | 728 | #443 | 0.38 |
| 2006 | 776 | #411 | 0.41 |
| 2005 | 880 | #356 | 0.48 |
| 2004 | 998 | #317 | 0.54 |
| 2003 | 1,011 | #307 | 0.55 |
| 2002 | 1,115 | #281 | 0.62 |
| 2001 | 1,224 | #261 | 0.68 |
| 2000 | 1,393 | #226 | 0.77 |
| 1999 | 1,532 | #201 | 0.86 |
| 1998 | 1,704 | #180 | 1.0 |
| 1997 | 1,781 | #169 | 1.0 |
| 1996 | 1,970 | #159 | 1.1 |
| 1995 | 2,161 | #150 | 1.2 |
| 1994 | 2,363 | #135 | 1.3 |
| 1993 | 2,659 | #125 | 1.5 |
| 1992 | 2,950 | #111 | 1.6 |
| 1991 | 3,419 | #101 | 1.8 |
| 1990 | 3,579 | #97 | 1.9 |
| 1989 | 3,603 | #89 | 2.0 |
| 1988 | 3,799 | #77 | 2.1 |
| 1987 | 3,913 | #76 | 2.3 |
| 1986 | 4,246 | #66 | 2.5 |
| 1985 | 4,402 | #64 | 2.6 |
| 1984 | 4,476 | #66 | 2.7 |
| 1983 | 4,926 | #60 | 2.9 |
| 1982 | 5,168 | #59 | 3.1 |
| 1981 | 5,284 | #53 | 3.2 |
| 1980 | 5,310 | #51 | 3.2 |
| 1979 | 5,650 | #44 | 3.5 |
| 1978 | 5,498 | #48 | 3.6 |
| 1977 | 5,903 | #47 | 3.9 |
| 1976 | 6,017 | #43 | 4.1 |
| 1975 | 7,053 | #36 | 4.8 |
| 1974 | 8,036 | #29 | 5.5 |
| 1973 | 8,476 | #27 | 5.8 |
| 1972 | 9,602 | #27 | 6.3 |
| 1971 | 11,470 | #26 | 6.9 |
| 1970 | 13,406 | #24 | 7.7 |
| 1969 | 14,959 | #18 | 8.9 |
| 1968 | 15,803 | #15 | 9.6 |
| 1967 | 17,753 | #11 | 10.8 |
| 1966 | 20,112 | #7 | 11.9 |
| 1965 | 23,552 | #6 | 13.3 |
| 1964 | 26,091 | #5 | 13.8 |
| 1963 | 25,374 | #7 | 13.2 |
| 1962 | 26,532 | #6 | 13.5 |
| 1961 | 28,889 | #6 | 14.3 |
| 1960 | 32,113 | #7 | 15.9 |
| 1959 | 35,223 | #6 | 17.4 |
| 1958 | 37,961 | #5 | 18.9 |
| 1957 | 39,283 | #8 | 19.2 |
| 1956 | 43,329 | #6 | 21.6 |
| 1955 | 46,226 | #6 | 23.6 |
| 1954 | 49,149 | #4 | 25.3 |
| 1953 | 51,019 | #4 | 27.1 |
| 1952 | 53,101 | #3 | 28.6 |
| 1951 | 56,446 | #3 | 31.3 |
| 1950 | 47,944 | #3 | 28.0 |
| 1949 | 46,324 | #3 | 27.1 |
| 1948 | 46,140 | #4 | 27.2 |
| 1947 | 51,278 | #3 | 28.9 |
| 1946 | 46,297 | #3 | 29.5 |
| 1945 | 35,844 | #4 | 27.4 |
| 1944 | 36,874 | #4 | 27.8 |
| 1943 | 39,620 | #3 | 28.4 |
| 1942 | 39,465 | #3 | 29.2 |
| 1941 | 36,905 | #3 | 30.5 |
| 1940 | 32,665 | #3 | 28.6 |
| 1939 | 29,701 | #3 | 27.1 |
| 1938 | 27,560 | #3 | 25.0 |
| 1937 | 26,838 | #3 | 25.2 |
| 1936 | 23,916 | #5 | 23.0 |
| 1935 | 22,879 | #5 | 21.8 |
| 1934 | 20,844 | #6 | 20.0 |
| 1933 | 18,632 | #6 | 18.5 |
| 1932 | 17,992 | #6 | 16.9 |
| 1931 | 16,469 | #8 | 15.5 |
| 1930 | 15,751 | #7 | 14.0 |
| 1929 | 13,624 | #10 | 12.2 |
| 1928 | 12,331 | #11 | 10.7 |
| 1927 | 10,554 | #18 | 8.9 |
| 1926 | 8,586 | #23 | 7.2 |
| 1925 | 8,096 | #28 | 6.7 |
| 1924 | 6,957 | #35 | 5.6 |
| 1923 | 4,800 | #56 | 4.0 |
| 1922 | 3,902 | #69 | 3.2 |
| 1921 | 3,380 | #84 | 2.7 |
| 1920 | 2,502 | #104 | 2.1 |
| 1919 | 2,144 | #114 | 1.9 |
| 1918 | 1,760 | #133 | 1.5 |
| 1917 | 1,441 | #147 | 1.3 |
| 1916 | 1,078 | #174 | 1.0 |
| 1915 | 895 | #189 | 0.91 |
| 1914 | 656 | #201 | 0.86 |
| 1913 | 588 | #190 | 0.94 |
| 1912 | 504 | #195 | 0.90 |
| 1911 | 325 | #218 | 0.78 |
| 1910 | 316 | #206 | 0.80 |
| 1909 | 233 | #234 | 0.67 |
| 1908 | 205 | #238 | 0.61 |
| 1907 | 177 | #260 | 0.56 |
| 1906 | 157 | #263 | 0.53 |
| 1905 | 121 | #307 | 0.41 |
| 1904 | 124 | #287 | 0.45 |
| 1903 | 79 | #358 | 0.30 |
| 1902 | 85 | #345 | 0.32 |
| 1901 | 68 | #367 | 0.28 |
| 1900 | 87 | #362 | 0.29 |
| 1899 | 55 | #389 | 0.24 |
| 1898 | 46 | #455 | 0.18 |
| 1897 | 49 | #419 | 0.21 |
| 1896 | 37 | #484 | 0.16 |
| 1895 | 35 | #498 | 0.15 |
| 1894 | 36 | #472 | 0.16 |
| 1893 | 28 | #531 | 0.13 |
| 1892 | 21 | #634 | 0.10 |
| 1891 | 12 | #832 | 0.06 |
| 1890 | 11 | #864 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 17 | #635 | 0.10 |
| 1888 | 12 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 10 | #781 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 8 | #879 | 0.06 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,164 | 0.04 |
| 1884 | 6 | #1,001 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Patricia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Patricia has been given almost only to girls: 4,961 boys in 142 years of records.
Girls and boys named Patricia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Patricia, and how old are they?
1.01 million alive in 2026, estimated
That is 64% of the 1,578,584 Americans ever recorded as Patricia. The median Patricia alive today is 71 years old; half are between 62 and 78.
The 2020 Census counted 1,189,825 people named Patricia (1,188,870 women and girls, 955 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,158,877 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 166,000 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 601,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 164,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 57,600 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 15,500 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,600 |
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 Patricia born?
The states with the most babies named Patricia are New York, California and Pennsylvania, with 25% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 164,063 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| California | 117,426 | #1,180 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 113,857 | #1,202 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 97,081 | #1,208 | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 86,435 | #1,109 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 75,179 | #1,148 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 74,033 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 60,282 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Massachusetts | 55,736 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Indiana | 38,695 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Patricia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Patricia is most over-represented in New Jersey: since 1910 it was given 1.3 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 Patricia 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 8 names spelled alike, given to 1,623,711 babies since 1880, Patricia is the most given (97% of them). In 2025 it was given to 167 of their 178 babies (94%), again the most given.
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.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Patricia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Patricia and names like it
- Compare Patricia and PatriceBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sPatricia peaked in 1951.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Patricia since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Patricia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1951The year the most babies were named Patricia.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Patricia alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with PMost given first.