Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Patience

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Patience
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2006

Peak rank proxy

508

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1880Peak 20062024

Peak year

2006

Decline from peak

66.1%

2024

172

All-time

12,249

Patience has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2006, when 508 girls were named Patience.

In 2024, only 172 girls were given the name.

Down 66.1% from its peak.

All told, about 12,249 Americans have been named Patience and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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