Girls' name · since 1937
Pattsy
Since 1937, U.S. Social Security records show 43 babies named Pattsy, peaking in 1943. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #36,773 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 43
- born since 1937
- 1940s
- peak decade
Pattsy sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 43 recorded since 1937.
Pattsy has 43 recorded births among girls since 1937, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1937 to 1952.
- #36,773 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 43 born since 1937
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pattsy ranks #36,773 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 43 born since 1937, peaking in the 1940s.
- #36,773 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 43
- born since 1937
- 1940s
- peak decade
Pattsy's 43 recorded births place it above 49.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Pattsy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Pattsy's full recorded timeline at 1942, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1941, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1943 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Pattsy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1937–1952
- Peak year (1943)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Pattsy by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (24 births, 56% of the file).
1940s was Pattsy's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Pattsy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
13 births
- 1940s
1940s
24 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 24 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Pattsy's decade-level peak was the 1940s (24 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1950s -- 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 Pattsy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1943)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1937–1952 (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 Pattsy 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.