Girls' name · since 1944
Patrisha
Patrisha has 1,084 recorded births since 1944 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,105 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,084
- born since 1944
- 1980s
- peak decade
Patrisha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 1,084 recorded since 1944.
Patrisha has 1,084 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2017.
- #7,105 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,084 born since 1944
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Patrisha ranks #7,105 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,084 born since 1944, peaking in the 1980s.
- #7,105 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,084
- born since 1944
- 1980s
- peak decade
Patrisha's 1,084 recorded births place it above 90.17% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
Patrisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Patrisha's full recorded timeline at 1984, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1947, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 52 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Patrisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2017
- Peak year (1982)
- 52
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Patrisha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (362 births, 33% of the file).
1980s was Patrisha's strongest decade.
362 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Patrisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 29
1940s
29 births
- 1950s 42
1950s
42 births
- 1960s 85
1960s
85 births
- 1970s 132
1970s
132 births
- 1980s
1980s
362 births
- 1990s
1990s
258 births
- 2000s 135
2000s
135 births
- 2010s 41
2010s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 362 births (33% of all-time use).
How Patrisha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Patrisha's total volume
Patrisha by state
Where Patrisha concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 43 | 4.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 0.5% |
43 of 1,084 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Patrisha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (362 total births); usage has since declined to 41 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Patrishas (43 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Patrisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~73 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, 1944–2017 (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 Patrisha 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.