How Many People Are Named Patricia?
people named Patricia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 330 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,578,584 babies named Patricia in Social Security records from 1884 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐⭐ Very Common
Peak Year
56,574 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Slovak, Portuguese and Hungarian feminine form of Patricius (see PATRICK).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Patricia (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Patricia alive today is about 68 years old, and 79% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Patricia first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1951, to 56,574 babies. In 2025, 167 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Patricia reached #3 among girls' names in 1937 to 1943, 1946 to 1947 and 1949 to 1952, and was in the top 10 for 38 years, 1929 to 1966. In 2025 it ranked #1,336.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,336 |
| Best rank | #3 (1937 to 1943, 1946 to 1947 and 1949 to 1952) |
| Years in the top 10 | 38 |
| Years in the top 100 | 70 (1921 to 1990) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Patricia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Patricia were born in New York than in any other state: about 105,216 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Patricia was given 1.4 times as often in New Jersey, 1.3 times in Connecticut and 1.3 times in District of Columbia.
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