Patsey — girls' name
507 babies named Patsey in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1942. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Patsey was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Patsey in 1942 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Patsey
The Social Security Administration has registered 507 babies named Patsey between 1911 and 1965, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Patsey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Patsey performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 177 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Patsey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Patsey 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 507 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.
Patsey at a glance
Last recorded 1965Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Patsey popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1911
- Peak year (1942)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1965.
507 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1942 with 26 births in a single year.
Patsey popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1915 (Patsey as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Patsey accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Patsey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 177 births that decade — 35% of Patsey's all-time total
Patsey decade highlights
- Peak decade 177 births
- Runner-up 143 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Patsey's strongest decade
177 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1911–1965 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.