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How popular is “Patterson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Patterson” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Patterson” 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 “Patterson” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Patterson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Patterson” 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
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1914 8 0.000005648 8 -100%
1917 9 0.000004485 9 -100%
1918 7 0.000003224 7 -100%
1919 5 0.000002369 5 -100%
1921 8 0.000003427 8 -100%
1922 7 0.000003058 7 -100%
1923 10 0.000004343 10 -100%
1925 7 0.000003 7 -100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 -100%
1929 8 0.000003649 8 -100%
1930 7 0.000003148 7 -100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1940 9 0.000003908 9 -100%
1941 10 0.000004104 10 -100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 -100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 -100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 -100%
1946 6 0.000001878 6 -100%
1947 8 0.000002221 8 -100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1951 7 0.0000019 7 -100%
1953 9 0.000002335 9 -100%
1955 12 0.000002989 12 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1961 7 0.00000169 7 -100%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 -100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 -100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 -100%
1985 6 0.000001681 6 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
1999 10 0.000002707 10 -100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 -100%
2001 10 0.000002671 10 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 10 0.000002601 5 5 0%
2006 11 0.00000278 11 -100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 -100%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 -100%
2009 9 0.000002356 9 -100%
2010 19 0.000005141 5 14 -47%
2011 11 0.000003007 11 -100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 -100%
2013 16 0.000004389 16 -100%
2014 16 0.000004317 5 11 -38%
2015 16 0.000004323 16 -100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 -100%
2017 5 0.000001398 5 -100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 -100%
2019 10 0.000002881 10 -100%
2020 11 0.000003293 11 -100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 -100%

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