Patricia Girl
How popular is Patricia?
#1,334 girl name in 2025
167 baby girls were named Patricia in the US in 2025, making it the 1334th most popular girl name.
1,056,284living people named Patricia (est.)
71median age of people named Patricia
1,578,584babies named Patricia since 1880
1 in 19,852US babies born in 2025
Patricia popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,334 for girls (▼ 42 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 167 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-52% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #802 in 2015, #1,116 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1951 (56,446 girls) |
| Highest rank | #3 in 1937 (13 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1884 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Where Patricia is most popular
Babies named Patricia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
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- Mississippi: 0.2 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Arizona: 0.2 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- Virginia: 0.2 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (131 girls)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (66 girls)
Patricia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 58 | #620 |
| 1890s | 330 | #389 |
| 1900s | 1,336 | #234 |
| 1910s | 9,707 | #114 |
| 1920s | 74,732 | #10 |
| 1930s | 220,582 | #3 |
| 1940s | 411,412 | #3 |
| 1950s | 459,681 | #3 |
| 1960s | 231,178 | #5 |
| 1970s | 81,111 | #24 |
| 1980s | 45,127 | #51 |
| 1990s | 24,118 | #97 |
| 2000s | 9,320 | #226 |
| 2010s | 3,731 | #617 |
| 2020s | 1,200 | #1,114 |
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Questions
- Is Patricia a boy or girl name?
- Patricia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Patricia were girls.
- How popular is the name Patricia?
- 167 baby girls were named Patricia in the US in 2025, making it the 1334th most popular girl name.
- When was Patricia most popular?
- Patricia peaked in 1951, when 56,446 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #3, held for 13 years starting in 1937.
- How many people are named Patricia?
- 1,578,584 babies have been named Patricia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,056,284 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 71.
- Where is Patricia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Patricia was most common in Mississippi, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.