Patzy — girls' name
40 babies named Patzy in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Patzy was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Patzy in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Patzy
The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Patzy between 1998 and 2006, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Patzy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Patzy performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Patzy shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Patzy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Patzy 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 40 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.
Patzy at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Patzy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1998
- Peak year (1999)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
40 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 9 births in a single year.
Patzy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 23 births that decade — 57% of Patzy's all-time total
Patzy decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Patzy's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Patzy by state
Where Patzy concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 12.5% |
5 of 40 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 12.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1998–2006 (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.