Meaning not yet researched.
Patsy: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 20 in 2025. Its best rank was #52 in 1941.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #52 in 1941; #6,059 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Patsy in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#6,059 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1941, at #52.
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Patsy: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 20 girls in 2025. Peak: #52 in 1941 · most girls in one year: 4,788 (1941).
In 2025, 20 US girls were named Patsy, making it the 6,059th most common girls’ name of the year, up 805 places from #6,864 in 2024. That is 3 more than the 17 girls named Patsy in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #52, reached in 1941. That year also had the most girls given the name: 4,788. For comparison, it was #7,524 in 2015 and #117 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Patsy in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 15 babies with the name. In all, 127,161 US babies have been given the name, 94% of them girls and 6.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 40,905 babies named Patsy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 162 US girls were named Patsy; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 20. In 2025 that was about 1 in 80,363 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Patricia (1,578,584 babies since 1880), Pat (66,855 babies since 1880), Patty (62,699 babies since 1880) and Pattie (9,509 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Patsie, Patsey and Patsye are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Patty.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Patsie (560), Patsey (512), Patsye (152), Patsi (56), Pattsy (43), Patzy (40).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Patsy is listed as a nickname for Martha, Patricia, Patrick.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #6,059 | — | — |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,864 | — | — |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,609 | — | — |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,924 | — | — |
| 2021 | 20 | #6,119 | — | — |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,857 | — | — |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,590 | — | — |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,664 | — | — |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,753 | — | — |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,519 | — | — |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,524 | — | — |
| 2014 | 17 | #7,229 | — | — |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,935 | — | — |
| 2012 | 22 | #6,067 | — | — |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,587 | — | — |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,432 | — | — |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,607 | — | — |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,511 | — | — |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,891 | — | — |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,666 | — | — |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,219 | — | — |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,603 | — | — |
| 2003 | 46 | #3,221 | — | — |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,253 | — | — |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,617 | — | — |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,150 | — | — |
| 1999 | 41 | #3,176 | — | — |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,834 | — | — |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,812 | — | — |
| 1996 | 56 | #2,364 | — | — |
| 1995 | 55 | #2,386 | — | — |
| 1994 | 78 | #1,834 | — | — |
| 1993 | 78 | #1,850 | — | — |
| 1992 | 78 | #1,841 | 5 | #9,443 |
| 1991 | 103 | #1,511 | 6 | #7,979 |
| 1990 | 110 | #1,436 | — | — |
| 1989 | 96 | #1,502 | — | — |
| 1988 | 102 | #1,390 | 7 | #6,266 |
| 1987 | 83 | #1,542 | — | — |
| 1986 | 82 | #1,512 | 5 | #7,531 |
| 1985 | 81 | #1,516 | 5 | #7,309 |
| 1984 | 67 | #1,651 | 7 | #5,426 |
| 1983 | 79 | #1,469 | 8 | #4,798 |
| 1982 | 76 | #1,561 | 6 | #6,192 |
| 1981 | 94 | #1,335 | 6 | #6,040 |
| 1980 | 85 | #1,444 | 6 | #6,039 |
| 1979 | 96 | #1,310 | 5 | #6,786 |
| 1978 | 100 | #1,247 | — | — |
| 1977 | 96 | #1,254 | 7 | #4,977 |
| 1976 | 122 | #1,024 | 8 | #4,305 |
| 1975 | 143 | #912 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1974 | 186 | #756 | 10 | #3,510 |
| 1973 | 203 | #717 | 10 | #3,382 |
| 1972 | 214 | #688 | 7 | #4,319 |
| 1971 | 264 | #630 | 12 | #2,930 |
| 1970 | 322 | #565 | 12 | #2,843 |
| 1969 | 295 | #575 | 17 | #2,109 |
| 1968 | 367 | #507 | 27 | #1,536 |
| 1967 | 452 | #444 | 17 | #1,957 |
| 1966 | 497 | #421 | 11 | #2,580 |
| 1965 | 576 | #384 | 25 | #1,586 |
| 1964 | 817 | #335 | 27 | #1,534 |
| 1963 | 892 | #312 | 26 | #1,573 |
| 1962 | 898 | #313 | 20 | #1,839 |
| 1961 | 1,019 | #291 | 31 | #1,461 |
| 1960 | 1,106 | #270 | 32 | #1,423 |
| 1959 | 1,329 | #238 | 23 | #1,698 |
| 1958 | 1,453 | #215 | 20 | #1,824 |
| 1957 | 1,609 | #208 | 37 | #1,293 |
| 1956 | 1,799 | #192 | 36 | #1,293 |
| 1955 | 2,013 | #172 | 46 | #1,104 |
| 1954 | 2,279 | #155 | 43 | #1,146 |
| 1953 | 2,591 | #141 | 46 | #1,088 |
| 1952 | 2,826 | #128 | 34 | #1,290 |
| 1951 | 2,905 | #121 | 33 | #1,290 |
| 1950 | 2,930 | #117 | 39 | #1,158 |
| 1949 | 3,347 | #106 | 53 | #954 |
| 1948 | 3,714 | #98 | 60 | #884 |
| 1947 | 4,344 | #87 | 72 | #818 |
| 1946 | 4,017 | #85 | 49 | #962 |
| 1945 | 3,350 | #84 | 48 | #938 |
| 1944 | 3,729 | #72 | 48 | #930 |
| 1943 | 4,355 | #61 | 68 | #802 |
| 1942 | 4,559 | #57 | 67 | #789 |
| 1941 | 4,788 | #52 | 80 | #689 |
| 1940 | 4,079 | #57 | 78 | #687 |
| 1939 | 4,111 | #56 | 83 | #654 |
| 1938 | 4,260 | #55 | 92 | #621 |
| 1937 | 4,243 | #54 | 97 | #587 |
| 1936 | 4,196 | #52 | 116 | #533 |
| 1935 | 3,797 | #56 | 124 | #518 |
| 1934 | 3,750 | #59 | 127 | #520 |
| 1933 | 3,451 | #65 | 163 | #433 |
| 1932 | 3,254 | #77 | 177 | #421 |
| 1931 | 2,869 | #83 | 221 | #377 |
| 1930 | 2,544 | #97 | 218 | #388 |
| 1929 | 2,042 | #118 | 252 | #354 |
| 1928 | 1,623 | #145 | 280 | #339 |
| 1927 | 1,302 | #168 | 299 | #332 |
| 1926 | 993 | #198 | 263 | #363 |
| 1925 | 706 | #250 | 288 | #344 |
| 1924 | 520 | #293 | 299 | #336 |
| 1923 | 334 | #364 | 296 | #339 |
| 1922 | 277 | #398 | 307 | #333 |
| 1921 | 236 | #450 | 324 | #327 |
| 1920 | 195 | #493 | 287 | #346 |
| 1919 | 168 | #529 | 299 | #324 |
| 1918 | 177 | #520 | 282 | #343 |
| 1917 | 191 | #471 | 246 | #356 |
| 1916 | 125 | #603 | 256 | #333 |
| 1915 | 128 | #573 | 240 | #344 |
| 1914 | 94 | #588 | 174 | #354 |
| 1913 | 83 | #566 | 129 | #369 |
| 1912 | 99 | #481 | 119 | #348 |
| 1911 | 68 | #506 | 74 | #316 |
| 1910 | 73 | #470 | 26 | #564 |
| 1909 | 50 | #538 | 22 | #569 |
| 1908 | 50 | #518 | 27 | #486 |
| 1907 | 40 | #585 | 16 | #657 |
| 1906 | 41 | #553 | 9 | #906 |
| 1905 | 41 | #543 | 29 | #400 |
| 1904 | 31 | #623 | 17 | #557 |
| 1903 | 20 | #785 | 16 | #570 |
| 1902 | 34 | #567 | 10 | #781 |
| 1901 | 29 | #588 | 13 | #582 |
| 1900 | 49 | #487 | 12 | #773 |
| 1899 | 21 | #697 | 6 | #1,026 |
| 1898 | 32 | #578 | 9 | #791 |
| 1897 | 22 | #673 | — | — |
| 1896 | 23 | #669 | — | — |
| 1895 | 21 | #698 | 6 | #1,053 |
| 1894 | 31 | #524 | — | — |
| 1893 | 22 | #624 | — | — |
| 1892 | 20 | #660 | — | — |
| 1891 | 22 | #570 | — | — |
| 1890 | 15 | #714 | — | — |
| 1889 | 25 | #508 | — | — |
| 1888 | 22 | #543 | — | — |
| 1887 | 20 | #507 | — | — |
| 1886 | 20 | #504 | 5 | #1,072 |
| 1885 | 21 | #466 | — | — |
| 1884 | 21 | #446 | — | — |
| 1883 | 20 | #433 | — | — |
| 1882 | 17 | #454 | — | — |
| 1881 | 12 | #498 | — | — |
| 1880 | 15 | #446 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).