Patty — #12127 US girls' name
62,448 babies named Patty in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 31% of names given to girls today.
28% of everyone ever named Patty was born in this single decade.
3,113 babies were named Patty in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Patty
The Social Security Administration has registered 62,448 babies named Patty between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Patty currently holds the #12127 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 3,113 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Patty performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 17,521 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Patty shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5,168 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Patty in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Patty in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 62,448 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Patty at a glance
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Patty popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1959)
- 3,113
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #12127 among girls.
62,448 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 3,113 births in a single year.
Patty popularity over time — boys
247 total births recorded since 1914 (Patty as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Patty accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Patty by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 17,521 births that decade — 28% of Patty's all-time total
Patty decade highlights
- Peak decade 17,521 births
- Runner-up 16,106 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Patty's strongest decade
17,521 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Patty by state
Where Patty concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5,168 | 8.3% |
| #2 | California | | 4,030 | 6.5% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 3,401 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 3,344 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 2,880 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Texas | | 2,817 | 4.5% |
| #7 | West Virginia | | 2,583 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 2,399 | 3.8% |
5,168 of 62,448 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 8.3% of nationwide
- California 6.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.4% of nationwide
- Indiana 5.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 8.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Patty appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.