How Many People Are Named Patience?
people named Patience are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 29,774 people in the US has this name
Based on 12,469 babies named Patience in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐ Rare
Peak Year
508 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word patience, ultimately from Latin patientia, a derivative of pati "to suffer". This was one of the virtue names coined by the Puritans in the 17th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Patience (99.6%) were girls.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Patience alive today is about 24 years old, and 72% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 31 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Patience first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2006, to 508 babies. In 2025, 172 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Patience has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #578, in 2006. In 2025 it ranked #1,297.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,297 |
| Best rank | #578 (2006) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #755 in the 2000s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Patience alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Patience were born in Texas than in any other state: about 732 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Patience was given 2.9 times as often in Arkansas, 2.3 times in Oklahoma and 2.3 times in South Carolina.
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