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How popular is “Patrick” in the USA?

Number of people named “Patrick” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Patrick” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Patrick” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Patrick” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Patrick” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Patrick” by birth year

This chart shows how “Patrick” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 248 0.001230867 248 -100%
1881 188 0.000975671 188 -100%
1882 249 0.001123986 249 -100%
1883 213 0.000981811 213 -100%
1884 222 0.00091185 222 -100%
1885 217 0.000900961 217 -100%
1886 249 0.000975262 249 -100%
1887 218 0.000881193 218 -100%
1888 245 0.000818101 245 -100%
1889 236 0.000816762 236 -100%
1890 227 0.000753149 227 -100%
1891 212 0.000739519 212 -100%
1892 234 0.000699815 234 -100%
1893 234 0.000719506 234 -100%
1894 229 0.000676135 229 -100%
1895 233 0.00066378 233 -100%
1896 214 0.000598628 214 -100%
1897 210 0.000605262 210 -100%
1898 219 0.000574118 219 -100%
1899 221 0.000651468 221 -100%
1900 285 0.00063297 285 -100%
1901 181 0.000523406 181 -100%
1902 203 0.00052491 203 -100%
1903 210 0.000550892 210 -100%
1904 232 0.00057499 6 226 -95%
1905 193 0.000455272 193 -100%
1906 213 0.00049714 213 -100%
1907 215 0.000461978 215 -100%
1908 216 0.000442035 216 -100%
1909 199 0.000389262 199 -100%
1910 254 0.00042999 254 -100%
1911 272 0.000422178 272 -100%
1912 430 0.000435195 430 -100%
1913 502 0.00044147 502 -100%
1914 633 0.000446925 633 -100%
1915 704 0.00038419 704 -100%
1916 802 0.000414595 802 -100%
1917 842 0.000419584 6 836 -99%
1918 876 0.00040348 5 871 -99%
1919 823 0.000390002 7 816 -98%
1920 882 0.00038981 5 877 -99%
1921 1001 0.000428785 1001 -100%
1922 1026 0.0004482 7 1019 -99%
1923 1066 0.000462979 11 1055 -98%
1924 1129 0.000474049 8 1121 -99%
1925 1159 0.000496721 6 1153 -99%
1926 1234 0.000537479 15 1219 -98%
1927 1265 0.00054541 12 1253 -98%
1928 1334 0.000590021 14 1320 -98%
1929 1453 0.000662816 11 1442 -98%
1930 1546 0.000695367 15 1531 -98%
1931 1586 0.000753663 16 1570 -98%
1932 1590 0.000753094 11 1579 -99%
1933 1584 0.000792219 11 1573 -99%
1934 1711 0.000823857 7 1704 -99%
1935 1670 0.000799081 5 1665 -99%
1936 1867 0.000898643 12 1855 -99%
1937 2098 0.000984667 8 2090 -99%
1938 2301 0.001039965 9 2292 -99%
1939 2546 0.001155465 16 2530 -99%
1940 2894 0.001256794 11 2883 -99%
1941 3175 0.001303139 20 3155 -99%
1942 3820 0.001398336 16 3804 -99%
1943 3862 0.001368262 14 3848 -99%
1944 3899 0.0014494 16 3883 -99%
1945 3868 0.001458022 15 3853 -99%
1946 5326 0.001666819 21 5305 -99%
1947 6647 0.001845199 26 6621 -99%
1948 7211 0.002088621 19 7192 -99%
1949 8100 0.002324396 26 8074 -99%
1950 8202 0.002341182 22 8180 -99%
1951 8781 0.002383719 29 8752 -99%
1952 9205 0.002423641 30 9175 -99%
1953 9492 0.002463123 23 9469 -100%
1954 9950 0.002499555 22 9928 -100%
1955 9895 0.002464459 24 9871 -100%
1956 10354 0.002511256 28 10326 -99%
1957 10395 0.002473738 41 10354 -99%
1958 10270 0.002484334 26 10244 -99%
1959 10596 0.002548345 39 10557 -99%
1960 10392 0.002501796 44 10348 -99%
1961 11087 0.002676532 31 11056 -99%
1962 10541 0.002612151 43 10498 -99%
1963 12112 0.003059977 43 12069 -99%
1964 14752 0.003794624 58 14694 -99%
1965 12978 0.003579695 47 12931 -99%
1966 12462 0.003585511 55 12407 -99%
1967 13040 0.003841059 67 12973 -99%
1968 13138 0.003888808 80 13058 -99%
1969 12732 0.003663544 53 12679 -99%
1970 11809 0.003274353 75 11734 -99%
1971 10873 0.003167796 63 10810 -99%
1972 9343 0.002972643 68 9275 -99%
1973 8524 0.002825429 41 8483 -99%
1974 8193 0.002695067 56 8137 -99%
1975 8102 0.00268332 49 8053 -99%
1976 7679 0.002530732 37 7642 -99%
1977 8352 0.002629314 46 8306 -99%
1978 8883 0.002798791 52 8831 -99%
1979 10051 0.00302104 71 9980 -99%
1980 10429 0.00302772 75 10354 -99%
1981 10442 0.003018464 58 10384 -99%
1982 10768 0.003069588 71 10697 -99%
1983 10950 0.003161689 76 10874 -99%
1984 11619 0.003330414 93 11526 -98%
1985 11718 0.003283171 77 11641 -99%
1986 11475 0.003225962 66 11409 -99%
1987 11231 0.003114865 88 11143 -98%
1988 11486 0.003108489 85 11401 -99%
1989 12044 0.00313283 56 11988 -99%
1990 12420 0.003142332 42 12378 -99%
1991 12451 0.003196445 38 12413 -99%
1992 11438 0.002977659 29 11409 -99%
1993 9887 0.002622352 30 9857 -99%
1994 9357 0.00251691 21 9336 -100%
1995 8694 0.002374012 20 8674 -100%
1996 8208 0.002250497 15 8193 -100%
1997 7501 0.002068814 11 7490 -100%
1998 6747 0.001834318 12 6735 -100%
1999 6457 0.001748033 10 6447 -100%
2000 6307 0.001668561 10 6297 -100%
2001 5792 0.001547261 6 5786 -100%
2002 5162 0.001380845 9 5153 -100%
2003 4797 0.001261599 8 4789 -100%
2004 4456 0.00116621 15 4441 -99%
2005 4054 0.001054399 10 4044 -100%
2006 3952 0.000998941 5 3947 -100%
2007 3743 0.000936292 7 3736 -100%
2008 3345 0.000851001 6 3339 -100%
2009 3255 0.000852055 5 3250 -100%
2010 3139 0.000849357 3139 -100%
2011 2872 0.000785173 5 2867 -100%
2012 2823 0.000771867 2823 -100%
2013 2598 0.000712627 2598 -100%
2014 2680 0.000723078 2680 -100%
2015 2535 0.000684966 2535 -100%
2016 2360 0.00064328 2360 -100%
2017 2309 0.000645658 5 2304 -100%
2018 2123 0.000603829 2123 -100%
2019 1880 0.000541641 1880 -100%
2020 1863 0.000557688 1863 -100%
2021 1791 0.000528638 1791 -100%
2022 1716 0.000507222 1716 -100%
2023 1600 0.000483209 1600 -100%
2024 1622 0.000487306 1622 -100%

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