How Many People Are Named Patton?
people named Patton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 214,016 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,763 babies named Patton in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
77 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was derived from a diminutive of PATRICK. A notable bearer of the surname was the American World War II general George S. Patton (1885-1945), who played an important part in the allied offensive in France.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Patton, 6.2% were girls and 93.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 6.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Patton alive today is about 19 years old, and 81% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Patton first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2015, to 77 babies. In 2025, 42 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Patton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,837, in 1945. In 2025 it ranked #3,290.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,290 |
| Best rank | #1,837 (1945) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,275 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Patton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Patton were born in Texas than in any other state: about 137 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Patton was given about 4.8 times as often in Texas.
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