first name
PATRICIA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 1,189,825 people named Patricia, 77.6% reported their origin as White, 10.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.6% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Patricia peaked in 1951, when 56,574 babies got the name.
At least 1,578,584 babies have been given the name since 1884. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Patricia by decade
Among all names given to American babies, it ranked #10 in every decade from the 1940s to the 1950s. The largest share of babies named Patricia, 50.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Patricia is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Patricia has been most common in District of Columbia (1.8×), Rhode Island (1.5×), and Massachusetts (1.4×), and least common in Nevada (0.42×).
1,572,439 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Patricia
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Patricia, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Patricia ranks #28,113 of 156,621, with 904 people. See Patricia as a last name
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