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Patricia
Recorded 1.6 million times in US records since 1884. Peak year: 1951.
#2499
U.S. rank · 2025
1 in 19,852
U.S. · 2025 records
Rare gem
rarity tier
≈1 million
alive today (estimate)
↘ fading
10-yr trend
How many Patricias are there?

Alive in the US today estimate

Roughly 1 million Patricias are alive in the US today, we estimate. About 1 in 330 Americans.

Made from recorded births by year and sex, multiplied by survival to today's age (SSA life table). It can't see immigration, and it's an estimate, not a census: how the living estimate is made.

Popularity over time

Patricia through the years, 1884–2025

1951 · 56,574 56,574 0
18842025
Peak Patricia year: 1951 (ringed), with 56,574 recorded. Current usage: ~100% girls. counts of people issued a Social Security number, not a full count of births.

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Every figure on this page is computed from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names data (ssa.gov), and the living estimate uses the SSA actuarial life table: how we calculate this. Data through 2025; refreshed Jun 2026; living estimate as of 2026.