How rare is the name Patsy?

62,123 people in the United States have the first name Patsy, about 1 in 4,862. It ranks #792 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

PATSY

#792

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
62,123
About
1 in 4,862
This common or more
66.5%
Who bears it

Of the 62,123 people named Patsy, 83.5% reported their origin as White, 8.3% as Black and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Patsy peaked in 1941, when 4,868 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1941
Births that year
4,868
In 2025*
20 ▼100%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 127,161 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Patsy by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #111. The largest share of babies named Patsy, 53%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1880s#853198
1890s#950250
1900s#715556
1910s#5583,051
1920s#33611,123
1930s#11137,893
1940s#14440,905
1950s#30422,091
1960s#6307,152
1970s#1,3751,830
1980s#2,327895
1990s#3,390701
2000s#8,449257
2010s#12,921150
2020s#10,970109
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–278.2%
Silent Generation 1928–4553%
Baby boom 1946–6433.5%
Generation X 1965–803.3%
Millennials 1981–961.1%
Generation Z 1997–120.3%
2013 and later0.2%

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 Patsy is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Patsy has been most common in Arkansas (4.5×), Oklahoma (3.6×), and Tennessee (2.7×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.13×).

121,857 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 Patsy

#790 Camille · 62,246#791 Florence · 62,185#793 Lorena · 61,919#794 Guillermo · 61,844

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Patsy, most common first.

#23,816 Patsey · 409#46,195 Patsi · 145#52,900 Patzy · 104

Also a last name

As a last name, Patsy ranks #69,166 of 156,621, with 306 people. See Patsy as a last name

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