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How popular is “Patty” in the USA?

Number of people named “Patty” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Patty” by birth year

This chart shows how “Patty” 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 9 0.000044669 9 100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 100%
1888 7 0.000023374 7 100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 100%
1893 9 0.000027673 9 100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 100%
1900 9 0.000019989 9 100%
1901 8 0.000023134 8 100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 100%
1905 13 0.000030666 13 100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 100%
1908 9 0.000018418 9 100%
1909 9 0.000017605 9 100%
1910 13 0.000022007 13 100%
1911 14 0.00002173 14 100%
1912 24 0.00002429 24 100%
1913 21 0.000018468 21 100%
1914 33 0.000023299 27 6 64%
1915 42 0.00002292 42 100%
1916 50 0.000025848 43 7 72%
1917 54 0.000026909 49 5 81%
1918 49 0.000022569 49 100%
1919 57 0.000027011 57 100%
1920 91 0.000040218 86 5 89%
1921 82 0.000035125 77 5 88%
1922 111 0.000048489 106 5 91%
1923 146 0.00006341 139 7 90%
1924 181 0.000075999 181 100%
1925 270 0.000115716 270 100%
1926 329 0.000143299 324 5 97%
1927 442 0.00019057 437 5 98%
1928 518 0.000229108 512 6 98%
1929 639 0.000291493 632 7 98%
1930 780 0.000350832 769 11 97%
1931 836 0.000397265 827 9 98%
1932 846 0.000400703 839 7 98%
1933 894 0.000447124 894 100%
1934 1077 0.000518582 1072 5 99%
1935 916 0.000438298 916 100%
1936 992 0.000477479 986 6 99%
1937 1120 0.000525656 1112 8 99%
1938 1169 0.000528344 1158 11 98%
1939 1061 0.000481519 1052 9 98%
1940 1099 0.000477269 1099 100%
1941 1146 0.000470361 1139 7 99%
1942 1175 0.000430116 1164 11 98%
1943 1199 0.000424792 1186 13 98%
1944 988 0.000367275 981 7 99%
1945 1068 0.000402577 1059 9 98%
1946 1296 0.000405595 1289 7 99%
1947 1318 0.000365875 1318 100%
1948 1143 0.000331063 1138 5 99%
1949 1044 0.000299589 1044 100%
1950 902 0.000257467 902 100%
1951 923 0.000250561 923 100%
1952 1045 0.000275144 1045 100%
1953 1139 0.000295564 1139 100%
1954 1249 0.000313763 1249 100%
1955 1335 0.000332496 1330 5 99%
1956 1454 0.000352653 1447 7 99%
1957 2174 0.000517355 2169 5 100%
1958 2789 0.000674665 2789 100%
1959 3123 0.000751084 3113 10 99%
1960 2937 0.000707061 2937 100%
1961 2657 0.000641431 2649 8 99%
1962 2333 0.000578138 2333 100%
1963 2193 0.00055404 2193 100%
1964 2353 0.000605257 2347 6 99%
1965 1670 0.000460633 1665 5 99%
1966 1110 0.000319364 1110 100%
1967 897 0.00026422 889 8 98%
1968 719 0.000212822 719 100%
1969 679 0.000195378 679 100%
1970 595 0.000164979 595 100%
1971 514 0.000149751 514 100%
1972 412 0.000131085 407 5 98%
1973 341 0.00011303 341 100%
1974 311 0.000102303 311 100%
1975 250 0.000082798 250 100%
1976 194 0.000063936 194 100%
1977 172 0.000054148 172 100%
1978 145 0.000045686 145 100%
1979 129 0.000038774 129 100%
1980 110 0.000031935 110 100%
1981 127 0.000036712 127 100%
1982 127 0.000036203 127 100%
1983 110 0.000031761 110 100%
1984 82 0.000023504 82 100%
1985 73 0.000020453 73 100%
1986 67 0.000018836 67 100%
1987 66 0.000018305 66 100%
1988 83 0.000022463 83 100%
1989 49 0.000012746 49 100%
1990 57 0.000014421 57 100%
1991 52 0.00001335 52 100%
1992 45 0.000011715 45 100%
1993 47 0.000012466 47 100%
1994 29 0.000007801 29 100%
1995 28 0.000007646 28 100%
1996 26 0.000007129 26 100%
1997 27 0.000007447 27 100%
1998 20 0.000005437 20 100%
1999 20 0.000005414 20 100%
2000 18 0.000004762 18 100%
2001 27 0.000007213 27 100%
2002 18 0.000004815 18 100%
2003 15 0.000003945 15 100%
2004 9 0.000002355 9 100%
2005 17 0.000004422 17 100%
2006 10 0.000002528 10 100%
2007 18 0.000004503 18 100%
2008 13 0.000003307 13 100%
2009 12 0.000003141 12 100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 100%
2011 9 0.000002461 9 100%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 100%
2014 7 0.000001889 7 100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 100%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 100%
2024 7 0.000002103 7 100%

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