How Many People Are Named Patty?
people named Patty are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,137 people in the US has this name
Based on 62,699 babies named Patty in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,123 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Originally a variant of Matty, a 17th-century diminutive of MARTHA. It is now commonly used as a diminutive of PATRICIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Patty in English. Counting Patty and these spellings together, about 82,146 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Patty (99.8%) were girls. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 95% of the babies were girls then and 100% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Patty alive today is about 67 years old, and 82% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Patty first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1959, to 3,123 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Patty has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #140, in 1959. In 2025 it ranked #16,666.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #16,666 |
| Best rank | #140 (1959) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #198 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Patty alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Patty were born in Ohio than in any other state: about 3,164 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Patty was given 3.5 times as often in West Virginia, 2.3 times in Nebraska and 2.2 times in Indiana.
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