Patricia Name Popularity

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How popular is Patricia?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Patricia, ranked the 913th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Patricia has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Position 3, its highest popularity ranking, was reached for the first time in 1937 and as recently as 1952.

The name was given to the greatest number of children in 1951 with 56,442 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Patricia in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1883.

Approximately during the years 1886-1889, 1891-1900, 1901-1942, and 1943-1947, the name Patricia took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1951-1976, 1981-1987, and 1989-2011.

Patricia became more popular as a girls name in 1884.

The popularity trend for Patricia has been spiralling downward for a while. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Patricia has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Patricia?

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Patricia is used by only a select few and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Patricia is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Patricia (Girl)		Patricia (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		293	913	< 5	--
2017		305	887	< 5	--
2016		385	738	< 5	--
2015		349	804	< 5	--
2014		379	737	< 5	--
2013		419	677	< 5	--
2012		395	712	< 5	--
2011		429	660	< 5	--
2010		479	615	< 5	--
2009		565	534	< 5	--
2008		629	499	< 5	--
2007		726	444	< 5	--
2006		775	411	5	13,488
2005		879	356	< 5	--
2004		997	317	< 5	--
2003		1,011	307	5	12,254
2002		1,114	280	< 5	--
2001		1,224	261	< 5	--
2000		1,392	226	5	11,689
1999		1,532	201	5	11,151
1998		1,704	180	6	9,328
1997		1,781	169	6	8,966
1996		1,970	159	8	6,948
1995		2,161	150	8	6,820
1994		2,363	135	11	5,359
1993		2,660	125	18	3,607
1992		2,951	111	11	5,158
1991		3,417	101	18	3,426
1990		3,578	97	39	1,961
1989		3,606	89	47	1,673
1988		3,798	77	43	1,663
1987		3,913	76	38	1,748
1986		4,247	66	39	1,660
1985		4,400	64	34	1,779
1984		4,474	66	32	1,791
1983		4,923	60	31	1,805
1982		5,168	59	44	1,459
1981		5,283	53	27	2,028
1980		5,309	51	39	1,561
1979		5,650	44	38	1,555
1978		5,501	48	34	1,641
1977		5,905	47	32	1,695
1976		6,017	43	35	1,565
1975		7,049	36	29	1,743
1974		8,034	29	48	1,211
1973		8,476	27	52	1,142
1972		9,600	27	48	1,189
1971		11,465	26	51	1,155
1970		13,405	24	71	956
1969		14,952	18	65	956
1968		15,809	15	69	872
1967		17,752	11	64	906
1966		20,110	7	82	808
1965		23,554	6	64	928
1964		26,088	5	84	831
1963		25,371	7	72	886
1962		26,536	6	80	848
1961		28,868	6	77	873
1960		32,104	7	70	908
1959		35,220	6	87	822
1958		37,940	5	106	724
1957		39,270	8	91	789
1956		43,342	6	102	730
1955		46,217	6	91	767
1954		49,146	4	101	719
1953		51,018	4	127	635
1952		53,098	3	104	686
1951		56,442	3	128	625
1950		47,945	3	84	752
1949		46,330	3	103	676
1948		46,136	4	95	687
1947		51,279	3	120	629
1946		46,296	3	111	613
1945		35,839	4	99	608
1944		36,877	4	115	573
1943		39,625	3	146	516
1942		39,456	3	159	487
1941		36,901	3	154	475
1940		32,664	3	140	494
1939		29,706	3	110	548
1938		27,556	3	107	567
1937		26,839	3	98	583
1936		23,914	5	100	580
1935		22,877	5	86	636
1934		20,845	6	68	745
1933		18,631	6	76	683
1932		17,989	6	45	988
1931		16,468	8	46	980
1930		15,751	7	52	940
1929		13,625	10	43	1,051
1928		12,332	11	32	1,289
1927		10,553	18	38	1,172
1926		8,589	23	29	1,376
1925		8,095	28	23	1,618
1924		6,958	35	18	1,953
1923		4,800	56	< 5	--
1922		3,902	69	8	3,465
1921		3,381	84	10	2,931
1920		2,502	104	7	3,737
1919		2,144	114	8	3,315
1918		1,760	133	5	4,651
1917		1,441	147	6	3,874
1916		1,078	174	< 5	--
1915		895	189	< 5	--
1914		656	201	< 5	--
1913		588	190	< 5	--
1912		504	195	< 5	--
1911		325	218	< 5	--
1910		316	206	< 5	--
1909		233	234	< 5	--
1908		205	238	< 5	--
1907		177	260	< 5	--
1906		157	263	< 5	--
1905		121	307	< 5	--
1904		124	287	< 5	--
1903		79	358	< 5	--
1902		85	345	< 5	--
1901		68	367	< 5	--
1900		87	362	< 5	--
1899		56	388	< 5	--
1898		47	448	< 5	--
1897		49	419	< 5	--
1896		37	484	< 5	--
1895		35	498	< 5	--
1894		36	472	< 5	--
1893		28	531	< 5	--
1892		21	634	< 5	--
1891		12	832	< 5	--
1890		11	864	< 5	--
1889		17	635	< 5	--
1888		12	785	< 5	--
1887		10	781	< 5	--
1886		8	879	< 5	--
1885		5	1,164	< 5	--
1884		6	1,001	< 5	--
1883		< 5	--	< 5	--
1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.