Girls' name · since 2005
Paytience
Paytience has 93 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,945 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,108 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 93
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
93 babies have been named Paytience since 2005, making it today's #16108 girls' name.
Paytience has 93 recorded births among girls since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16108 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #27,945 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,108 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 93 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Paytience ranks #27,945 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,108 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 93 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,945 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,108 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 93
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Paytience's 93 recorded births place it above 61.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Paytience compares
93 24th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Paytience's all-time total is 75% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Paytience | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 93 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Paytience's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Paytience's full recorded timeline at 2015, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2019, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Paytience popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Paytience by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (49 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Paytience's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Paytience births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
22 births
- 2010s
2010s
49 births
- 2020s
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 49 births (53% of all-time use).
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What to do with Paytience's data
- Paytience's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (49 total births) through the 2020s (22) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Paytience: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Paytience 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.