Girls' name · since 1943
Pattricia
Since 1943, U.S. Social Security records show 87 babies named Pattricia, peaking in 1959. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,737 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 87
- born since 1943
- 1950s
- peak decade
87 girls have been named Pattricia since 1943, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Pattricia has 87 recorded births among girls since 1943, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 1964.
- #28,737 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 87 born since 1943
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pattricia ranks #28,737 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 87 born since 1943, peaking in the 1950s.
- #28,737 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 87
- born since 1943
- 1950s
- peak decade
Pattricia's 87 recorded births place it above 60.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pattricia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Pattricia's full recorded timeline at 1955, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1943, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1959 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Pattricia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–1964
- Peak year (1959)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Pattricia by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (59 births, 68% of the file).
1950s was Pattricia's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Pattricia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 15
1940s
15 births
- 1950s
1950s
59 births
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 59 births (68% of all-time use).
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- Pattricia's decade-level peak was the 1950s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1960s -- 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 Pattricia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1943–1964 (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 Pattricia 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.