first name
PATTY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 43,235 people named Patty, 82.2% reported their origin as White, 8% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Patty peaked in 1959, when 3,123 babies got the name.
At least 62,699 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.
Patty by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #350. The largest share of babies named Patty, 53.3%, 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 Patty is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Patty has been most common in West Virginia (4.6×), South Dakota (2.5×), and Nebraska (2.5×), and least common in Hawaii (0.2×).
59,360 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 Patty
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Patty, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Patty ranks #10,787 of 156,621, with 2,825 people. See Patty as a last name
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