Girls' name · since 1951
Patryce
Since 1951, U.S. Social Security records show 114 babies named Patryce, peaking in 1980. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,725 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 114
- born since 1951
- 1980s
- peak decade
114 girls have been named Patryce since 1951, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Patryce has been recorded 114 times among girls since 1951, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 1992.
- #25,725 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 114 born since 1951
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Patryce ranks #25,725 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 114 born since 1951, peaking in the 1980s.
- #25,725 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 114
- born since 1951
- 1980s
- peak decade
Patryce's 114 recorded births place it above 64.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Patryce's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Patryce's full recorded timeline at 1975, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1951, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Patryce popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–1992
- Peak year (1980)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1992.
114 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 11 births in a single year.
Patryce by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (42 births, 37% of the file).
1980s was Patryce's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Patryce births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
25 births
- 1960s
1960s
22 births
- 1970s
1970s
19 births
- 1980s
1980s
42 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 42 births (37% of all-time use).
Patryce decade highlights
- Peak decade 42 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Patryce's data
- Patryce's decade-level peak was the 1980s (42 total births); usage has since declined to 6 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Patryce: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1951–1992 (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 Patryce 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.
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