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Patricia

Girls' name · Mid-century perennial

Living in the US
~1,075,300 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,334 among girls
Births in 2025
167 1,578,584 since 1880
Typical age
70 years, median

Patricia popularity over time

Patricia rank by birth year, 1884–2025Patricia ranked #930 in 1884 and #1,334 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #3, in 1937.#10#100#1,000#1,334best #3 in 193718901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1884–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Patricia was used most in 1951, when 56,574 babies were given the name. The name does not appear in the data until 1884. Patricia has spent 70 years inside the national top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #1,334 with 167 births. The ten-year change is -52%. It slipped 42 places against the previous year.

Babies named Patricia per yearPeaks at 56,574 births in 1951.56,574 in 1951018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Patricia?

About 1,075,300 people named Patricia are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 1,578,584 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Patricia?

Half of living Patricias are older than 70, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 1950s. By the site’s era rules that makes Patricia a mid-century perennial name.

Your Patricia

Ages of living people named PatriciaHalf of living Patricias are older than 70 and half younger.median 70020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Patricia is most common

Relative to births, Arizona carries 1.6× the national share of Patricias.

Where Patricia is used more than average1 states use the name Patricia more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: 1.6× the national rateAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Patricia is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Arizona 71 1.6×

Patricia in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Patricia ranked #1,407 in 2025 on 22 births. That is 53% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Patricia comes from

From Latin patricia (“noble”); later also seen as the feminine form of the saint's name Patrick.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Patricia

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Patricia Neal American stage and film actress 1926–2010 70
Patricia Arquette American actress 1968 69
Patricia Highsmith American novelist and short story writer 1921–1995 57
Patricia Kaas French singer 1966 52
Patricia Clarkson American actress 1959 50
Patricia Cornwell American novelist, journalist, biographer 1956 44
Patricia Heaton American actress 1958 39
Patricia Velásquez Venezuelan actress 1971 36
Photo credits (8)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 325 in 1911 to 504 in 1912 — 1.6 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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