Girls' name · since 1926
Patsye
Patsye has 152 recorded births since 1926 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1931 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 152
- total births
- 1926–1948
- years on record
- 1930s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
Patsye sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 152 recorded since 1926.
Social Security Administration records show Patsye recorded 152 times among girls since 1926, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1930s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1926 to 1948.
- 152 total births
- 1926–1948 years on record
- 1930s peak decade
- 51% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
152 girls have been named Patsye since 1926, peaking in the 1930s, last recorded in 1948.
- 152
- total births
- 1926–1948
- years on record
- 1930s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
51% of everyone ever named Patsye was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Patsye in 1931 - its busiest year on record.
Patsye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Patsye's full recorded timeline at 1937, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1926, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1931 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Patsye at a glance
Last recorded 1948Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Patsye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1948
- Peak year (1931)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1948.
152 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1931 with 12 births in a single year.
Patsye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1930s was Patsye's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Patsye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 17
1920s
17 births
- 1930s
1930s
78 births
- 1940s
1940s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 78 births (51% of all-time use).
Patsye decade highlights
- Peak decade 78 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Patsye's data
- Patsye's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (78 total births) through the 1940s (57) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1926–1948 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Patsye: Baby Name Since 1926 - 152 Births, Peak 1931." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/patsye. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Patsye 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 June 2026.
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