Pat
Pat is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 134th, in 1940–1941.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 19411,900 births
- Best rank
- #134first in 1940
- Since 1897
- 66,854people given the name
The story in the numbers
40,122 girls have been named Pat in the United States since 1897, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1941, with 1,900 births — 0.16% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 1,900 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1942, and the 1940s alone account for 40%. It has spent 56 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Pat is used for both sexes: 40% of its bearers are boys (26,732), most of them born around 1960.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Pat | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 12 | |
| 1900s | 73 | |
| 1910s | 454 | |
| 1920s | 2,516 | |
| 1930s | 12,462 | |
| 1940s | 16,150 | |
| 1950s | 5,256 | |
| 1960s | 2,884 | |
| 1970s | 242 | |
| 1980s | 67 | |
| 1990s | 6 |
In 1941, its biggest year
Pat was the 134th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1941 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Carol and Linda. See all of 1941.
Names that rose and fell with Pat
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Patsypeak 1941
- Marolynpeak 1946
- Carolepeak 1942
- Joycepeak 1942
- Merlenepeak 1940
- Marlyspeak 1937
- Bettyannpeak 1943
- Maryloupeak 1942
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.