Pat Name Popularity

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How popular is Pat?

Mostly unused in the United States, less than 5 babies were bestowed the name in 2018.

This once, top 1000 name, Pat is currently less popular.

Position 134, its highest popularity ranking, was reached for the first time in 1940 and as recently as 1941 with 1,900 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Pat was less than 5, most recently in 2018.

Approximately during the years 1906-1940, and 1954-1958, the name Pat took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1947-1953, 1959-1970, 1971-1975, and 1977-1979 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Pat has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Pat has remained mostly unchanged for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Pat lately has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Pat?

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Pat is mostly unused and will probably continue to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Pat has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Pat (Girl)		Pat (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	< 5	--
2017		< 5	--	< 5	--
2016		< 5	--	< 5	--
2015		< 5	--	< 5	--
2014		< 5	--	5	13,499
2013		< 5	--	5	13,531
2012		< 5	--	< 5	--
2011		< 5	--	< 5	--
2010		< 5	--	< 5	--
2009		< 5	--	< 5	--
2008		< 5	--	< 5	--
2007		< 5	--	< 5	--
2006		< 5	--	11	7,291
2005		< 5	--	6	11,110
2004		< 5	--	< 5	--
2003		< 5	--	5	12,253
2002		< 5	--	5	11,991
2001		< 5	--	< 5	--
2000		< 5	--	6	10,000
1999		< 5	--	< 5	--
1998		< 5	--	7	8,220
1997		< 5	--	6	8,965
1996		< 5	--	< 5	--
1995		< 5	--	14	4,446
1994		< 5	--	9	6,215
1993		< 5	--	8	6,659
1992		< 5	--	21	3,183
1991		6	12,648	25	2,729
1990		< 5	--	20	3,137
1989		6	11,905	18	3,294
1988		< 5	--	21	2,744
1987		6	10,849	20	2,694
1986		10	6,971	19	2,753
1985		6	10,265	21	2,480
1984		7	8,857	21	2,415
1983		12	5,708	24	2,192
1982		10	6,710	26	2,097
1981		< 5	--	32	1,798
1980		10	6,632	26	2,101
1979		13	5,316	32	1,777
1978		15	4,605	38	1,528
1977		16	4,364	41	1,442
1976		15	4,282	50	1,234
1975		17	3,892	61	1,076
1974		28	2,662	53	1,131
1973		30	2,491	87	851
1972		27	2,651	94	832
1971		46	1,897	139	703
1970		35	2,260	192	585
1969		41	1,972	227	517
1968		63	1,428	290	452
1967		78	1,207	354	406
1966		106	996	411	375
1965		163	779	519	332
1964		273	607	748	283
1963		311	549	737	283
1962		484	439	830	265
1961		610	390	929	258
1960		756	350	1,000	252
1959		1,001	283	949	259
1958		1,044	274	849	266
1957		815	319	633	302
1956		434	439	419	361
1955		359	477	328	402
1954		291	522	311	406
1953		247	556	306	400
1952		300	487	328	378
1951		325	465	315	384
1950		440	386	384	343
1949		667	299	496	306
1948		1,249	207	596	273
1947		1,823	164	720	245
1946		1,872	147	623	249
1945		1,520	154	492	264
1944		1,592	154	495	268
1943		1,840	145	519	267
1942		1,824	144	534	248
1941		1,900	134	530	241
1940		1,863	134	482	250
1939		1,659	142	446	255
1938		1,533	149	420	268
1937		1,529	147	483	240
1936		1,343	152	421	263
1935		1,326	151	457	254
1934		1,204	162	473	242
1933		1,147	160	379	270
1932		1,061	177	450	254
1931		926	198	407	274
1930		734	227	373	296
1929		597	262	363	293
1928		458	308	360	296
1927		407	334	287	339
1926		337	368	297	337
1925		198	501	295	336
1924		158	586	240	390
1923		112	694	227	395
1922		96	747	229	398
1921		75	855	223	406
1920		78	820	204	416
1919		77	805	180	441
1918		70	860	215	404
1917		52	971	185	415
1916		63	864	177	422
1915		46	986	166	420
1914		45	875	128	424
1913		30	997	90	459
1912		31	915	75	459
1911		21	978	49	411
1910		19	1,023	58	325
1909		15	1,093	42	370
1908		13	1,185	36	392
1907		11	1,268	33	394
1906		7	1,686	35	353
1905		6	1,876	35	353
1904		6	1,815	35	342
1903		8	1,413	33	338
1902		7	1,563	35	333
1901		< 5	--	32	316
1900		< 5	--	50	294
1899		< 5	--	27	351
1898		7	1,477	20	467
1897		5	1,737	32	329
1896		< 5	--	27	378
1895		< 5	--	36	303
1894		< 5	--	28	347
1893		< 5	--	27	346
1892		< 5	--	24	391
1891		< 5	--	16	454
1890		< 5	--	29	325
1889		< 5	--	19	427
1888		< 5	--	30	341
1887		< 5	--	19	387
1886		< 5	--	23	365
1885		< 5	--	23	374
1884		< 5	--	26	350
1883		< 5	--	20	394
1882		< 5	--	28	327
1881		< 5	--	20	384
1880		< 5	--	12	555

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.