Patti
Patti was given to 6 girls in 2025, #14,497 among girls’ names; 44,757 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 34,800 Americans named Patti and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (78% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 63 and 71.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Patti by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Patti mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Patti is “a diminutive of the female given name Patricia; a mid-20th-century spelling of Patty.”
From Pat + -i.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Patti?
#14,497 among girls’ names, 2025
Patti rose from #15,943 in 2015 to #14,497 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 3.4 to 3.7 per million.
3,121 babies in 1958, the peak
Patti peaked in 1958, when 3,121 babies were given it (3,115 girls, #137 among girls’ names). The 6 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #14,497 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 7 | #13,462 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 7 | #13,750 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 5 | #18,209 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 6 | #15,943 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 7 | #14,252 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 6 | #17,081 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 6 | #15,945 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 7 | #13,828 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 7 | #13,468 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (107)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 9 | #10,865 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,861 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,695 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 9 | #10,107 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,428 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,529 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 8 | #10,271 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,390 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,557 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,487 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,214 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,871 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,812 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,463 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 34 | #3,016 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,825 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 38 | #2,601 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 49 | #2,160 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 65 | #1,694 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 75 | #1,517 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 76 | #1,562 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 69 | #1,673 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 74 | #1,578 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 90 | #1,372 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 83 | #1,406 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 115 | #1,116 | 0.08 |
| 1976 | 132 | #968 | 0.09 |
| 1975 | 169 | #814 | 0.12 |
| 1974 | 238 | #641 | 0.16 |
| 1973 | 249 | #618 | 0.17 |
| 1972 | 330 | #519 | 0.22 |
| 1971 | 421 | #473 | 0.25 |
| 1970 | 539 | #417 | 0.31 |
| 1969 | 578 | #393 | 0.34 |
| 1968 | 688 | #334 | 0.42 |
| 1967 | 887 | #287 | 0.54 |
| 1966 | 999 | #264 | 0.59 |
| 1965 | 1,311 | #234 | 0.74 |
| 1964 | 1,633 | #213 | 0.86 |
| 1963 | 1,755 | #202 | 0.91 |
| 1962 | 1,968 | #189 | 1.0 |
| 1961 | 2,061 | #185 | 1.0 |
| 1960 | 2,458 | #165 | 1.2 |
| 1959 | 2,762 | #152 | 1.4 |
| 1958 | 3,115 | #137 | 1.5 |
| 1957 | 2,696 | #148 | 1.3 |
| 1956 | 2,420 | #153 | 1.2 |
| 1955 | 2,174 | #163 | 1.1 |
| 1954 | 2,092 | #167 | 1.1 |
| 1953 | 2,033 | #160 | 1.1 |
| 1952 | 1,457 | #198 | 0.79 |
| 1951 | 1,143 | #228 | 0.63 |
| 1950 | 712 | #293 | 0.42 |
| 1949 | 610 | #315 | 0.36 |
| 1948 | 579 | #324 | 0.34 |
| 1947 | 663 | #306 | 0.37 |
| 1946 | 565 | #311 | 0.36 |
| 1945 | 381 | #355 | 0.29 |
| 1944 | 373 | #359 | 0.28 |
| 1943 | 429 | #346 | 0.31 |
| 1942 | 353 | #380 | 0.26 |
| 1941 | 283 | #408 | 0.23 |
| 1940 | 242 | #438 | 0.21 |
| 1939 | 233 | #443 | 0.21 |
| 1938 | 230 | #445 | 0.21 |
| 1937 | 198 | #465 | 0.19 |
| 1936 | 205 | #445 | 0.20 |
| 1935 | 165 | #492 | 0.16 |
| 1934 | 146 | #539 | 0.14 |
| 1933 | 113 | #611 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 86 | #728 | 0.08 |
| 1931 | 92 | #701 | 0.09 |
| 1930 | 74 | #829 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 88 | #751 | 0.08 |
| 1928 | 73 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 75 | #854 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 50 | #1,066 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 58 | #985 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 45 | #1,182 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,379 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,533 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,714 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,874 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,685 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,353 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,300 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 17 | #2,009 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,354 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,721 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,591 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,307 | 0.01 |
| 1909 | 6 | #2,165 | 0.02 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,309 | 0.02 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,478 | 0.03 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,493 | 0.03 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,118 | 0.04 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,436 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Patti a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Patti has been given almost only to girls: 46 boys in 107 years of records.
Girls and boys named Patti: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Patti, and how old are they?
34,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 78% of the 44,757 Americans ever recorded as Patti. The median Patti alive today is 67 years old; half are between 63 and 71.
The 2020 Census counted 36,543 people named Patti (36,518 women and girls, 25 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 37,660 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,450 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 26,400 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 6,280 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 549 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 78 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 38 |
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 Patti born?
The states with the most babies named Patti are California, Texas and Pennsylvania, with 22% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 3,258 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Texas | 3,183 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,940 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 2,536 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New York | 2,487 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 2,326 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 2,194 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Wisconsin | 1,827 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Minnesota | 1,281 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Indiana | 1,178 | not ranked | 1.0× |
Where Patti is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Patti is most over-represented in Montana: since 1910 it was given 1.9 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 Patti 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 7 names spelled alike, given to 117,809 babies since 1880, Patti is the second most given (38% of them).
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 Patti
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 Patti and names like it
- Compare Patti and PattyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sPatti peaked in 1958.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Patti since 1910.
- The top names of 1958The year the most babies were named Patti.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Patti alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with PMost given first.