Feminine dossier · first seen 1884

Patricia

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

Endangered Down 99.7% from peak

Peak era

1951

Peak rank proxy

56,446

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1884Peak 19512024

Peak year

1951

Decline from peak

99.7%

2024

177

All-time

1,573,445

Patricia once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1951, when 56,446 girls were named Patricia.

In 2024, only 177 girls were given the name.

Down 99.7% from its peak.

All told, about 1,573,445 Americans have been named Patricia and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1884.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.7% from peak

195156,446 girls named Patricia

2024177 girls named Patricia

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