How rare is the name Patti?

36,543 people in the United States have the first name Patti, about 1 in 8,265. It ranks #1,120 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

PATTI

#1,120

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
36,543
About
1 in 8,265
This common or more
71.6%
Who bears it

Of the 36,543 people named Patti, 92.8% reported their origin as White, 2% as two or more races and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Patti peaked in 1958, when 3,121 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18882025
Peak year
1958
Births that year
3,121
In 2025*
6 ▼100%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 44,757 babies have been given the name since 1888. 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.

Patti by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #321. The largest share of babies named Patti, 73.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#2,56212
1890s#3,26612
1900s#4,16711
1910s#4,42289
1920s#1,964501
1930s#9691,542
1940s#6374,478
1950s#32120,627
1960s#41414,356
1970s#1,1792,371
1980s#3,262536
1990s#10,723133
2000s#23,43051
2010s#29,10732
2020s#36,8006
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–271%
Silent Generation 1928–458.4%
Baby boom 1946–6473.6%
Generation X 1965–8015.4%
Millennials 1981–961.3%
Generation Z 1997–120.2%
2013 and later0.1%

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 Patti is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Patti has been most common in Montana (2.7×), Wisconsin (2.2×), and Oklahoma (1.7×), and least common in Nevada (0.33×).

41,948 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Patti ranks #9,194 of 156,621, with 3,407 people. See Patti as a last name

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