Patty
Patty was given to 5 girls in 2025, #16,667 among girls’ names; 62,699 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 41,200 Americans named Patty and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (66% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 62 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Patty by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Patty mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Patty is “a diminutive of the female given name Patricia.”
Also “a male given name, a diminutive of the male given name Patrick.”
From Pat + -y.
/ˈpæti/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Patty?
#16,667 among girls’ names, 2025
Patty fell from #14,144 in 2015 to #16,667 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 3.9 to 3.1 per million.
3,123 babies in 1959, the peak
Patty peaked in 1959, when 3,123 babies were given it (3,113 girls, #140 among girls’ names). The 5 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #16,667 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 7 | #13,119 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 6 | #14,822 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 7 | #13,751 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 7 | #13,997 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 7 | #14,144 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 7 | #14,212 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 7 | #14,253 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 11 | #10,248 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,984 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (130)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | #14,598 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,835 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 13 | #9,361 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,329 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 10 | #11,224 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 17 | #7,066 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 9 | #11,388 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,481 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,321 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,532 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 18 | #6,149 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,366 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,296 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,094 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,150 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,848 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,757 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 47 | #2,621 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 45 | #2,714 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 52 | #2,434 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 57 | #2,243 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 49 | #2,391 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 83 | #1,584 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 66 | #1,787 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 67 | #1,747 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 73 | #1,627 | 0.04 |
| 1984 | 82 | #1,427 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 110 | #1,188 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 127 | #1,114 | 0.08 |
| 1981 | 127 | #1,100 | 0.08 |
| 1980 | 109 | #1,212 | 0.07 |
| 1979 | 129 | #1,072 | 0.08 |
| 1978 | 145 | #961 | 0.09 |
| 1977 | 172 | #858 | 0.11 |
| 1976 | 192 | #754 | 0.13 |
| 1975 | 251 | #628 | 0.17 |
| 1974 | 311 | #543 | 0.21 |
| 1973 | 341 | #506 | 0.23 |
| 1972 | 407 | #457 | 0.27 |
| 1971 | 514 | #414 | 0.31 |
| 1970 | 595 | #395 | 0.34 |
| 1969 | 679 | #344 | 0.40 |
| 1968 | 719 | #325 | 0.44 |
| 1967 | 889 | #286 | 0.54 |
| 1966 | 1,110 | #256 | 0.66 |
| 1965 | 1,664 | #199 | 0.94 |
| 1964 | 2,348 | #167 | 1.2 |
| 1963 | 2,194 | #176 | 1.1 |
| 1962 | 2,332 | #172 | 1.2 |
| 1961 | 2,650 | #157 | 1.3 |
| 1960 | 2,936 | #145 | 1.5 |
| 1959 | 3,113 | #140 | 1.5 |
| 1958 | 2,789 | #146 | 1.4 |
| 1957 | 2,169 | #174 | 1.1 |
| 1956 | 1,447 | #213 | 0.72 |
| 1955 | 1,330 | #222 | 0.68 |
| 1954 | 1,249 | #227 | 0.64 |
| 1953 | 1,139 | #239 | 0.61 |
| 1952 | 1,045 | #245 | 0.56 |
| 1951 | 923 | #252 | 0.51 |
| 1950 | 902 | #251 | 0.53 |
| 1949 | 1,044 | #230 | 0.61 |
| 1948 | 1,138 | #217 | 0.67 |
| 1947 | 1,318 | #203 | 0.74 |
| 1946 | 1,289 | #191 | 0.82 |
| 1945 | 1,059 | #192 | 0.81 |
| 1944 | 981 | #203 | 0.74 |
| 1943 | 1,186 | #187 | 0.85 |
| 1942 | 1,164 | #186 | 0.86 |
| 1941 | 1,139 | #176 | 0.94 |
| 1940 | 1,099 | #175 | 1.0 |
| 1939 | 1,052 | #181 | 1.0 |
| 1938 | 1,158 | #175 | 1.0 |
| 1937 | 1,112 | #180 | 1.0 |
| 1936 | 986 | #183 | 0.95 |
| 1935 | 916 | #190 | 0.87 |
| 1934 | 1,072 | #173 | 1.0 |
| 1933 | 894 | #191 | 0.89 |
| 1932 | 839 | #214 | 0.79 |
| 1931 | 827 | #213 | 0.78 |
| 1930 | 769 | #223 | 0.68 |
| 1929 | 632 | #250 | 0.57 |
| 1928 | 512 | #292 | 0.44 |
| 1927 | 437 | #319 | 0.37 |
| 1926 | 324 | #379 | 0.27 |
| 1925 | 270 | #419 | 0.22 |
| 1924 | 181 | #539 | 0.14 |
| 1923 | 139 | #625 | 0.12 |
| 1922 | 106 | #708 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 77 | #847 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 86 | #784 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 57 | #939 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 49 | #1,038 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 49 | #1,010 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 43 | #1,078 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 42 | #1,036 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 27 | #1,195 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,268 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 24 | #1,074 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,280 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,318 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,577 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,516 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,779 | 0.02 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,522 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 13 | #1,088 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,619 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,743 | 0.02 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,746 | 0.02 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,306 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,402 | 0.03 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,548 | 0.03 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,542 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,762 | 0.02 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,456 | 0.03 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,075 | 0.04 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,441 | 0.03 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,110 | 0.04 |
| 1883 | 6 | #899 | 0.05 |
| 1880 | 9 | #620 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Patty a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Patty has been given almost only to girls: 247 boys in 130 years of records.
Girls and boys named Patty: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Patty, and how old are they?
41,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 66% of the 62,699 Americans ever recorded as Patty. The median Patty alive today is 67 years old; half are between 62 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 43,235 people named Patty (43,123 women and girls, 112 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 46,746 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 5,630 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 26,700 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 7,510 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,040 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 249 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 53 |
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 Patty born?
The states with the most babies named Patty are Ohio, California and Pennsylvania, with 21% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 5,168 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| California | 4,030 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 3,401 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Indiana | 3,344 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Illinois | 2,880 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 2,817 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| West Virginia | 2,583 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Kentucky | 2,399 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Missouri | 2,356 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Michigan | 1,954 | not ranked | 0.7× |
Where Patty is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Patty is most over-represented in West Virginia: since 1910 it was given 3.0 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 Patty 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, Patty is the most given (53% 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 Patty
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 Patty and names like it
- Compare Patty and PattiBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sPatty peaked in 1959.
- Ohio’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Patty since 1910.
- The top names of 1959The year the most babies were named Patty.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Patty alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with PMost given first.