Patsy Name Popularity

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How popular is Patsy?

In 2018 the rare name Patsy, ranked the 9,590th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

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

Position 52, its highest popularity ranking, was reached for the first time in 1936 and as recently as 1941 with 4,790 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Patsy was 11 in 2018.

Approximately during the years 1886-1889, 1890-1894, 1897-1900, 1907-1917, 1918-1936, and 1938-1941, the name Patsy took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1900-1903, 1947-1950, 1951-1977, and 1991-2000 were years of successive downward movement.

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

The popularity trend for Patsy has been spiralling downward for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Patsy lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Patsy?

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

The name Patsy is mostly unused and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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

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		Patsy (Girl)		Patsy (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		11	9,590	< 5	--
2017		15	7,730	< 5	--
2016		16	7,494	< 5	--
2015		16	7,509	< 5	--
2014		17	7,214	< 5	--
2013		13	8,920	< 5	--
2012		21	6,274	< 5	--
2011		12	9,579	< 5	--
2010		17	7,427	< 5	--
2009		17	7,602	< 5	--
2008		21	6,503	< 5	--
2007		14	8,880	< 5	--
2006		24	5,659	< 5	--
2005		25	5,214	< 5	--
2004		13	8,603	< 5	--
2003		46	3,221	< 5	--
2002		30	4,251	< 5	--
2001		37	3,614	< 5	--
2000		30	4,147	< 5	--
1999		41	3,175	< 5	--
1998		47	2,834	< 5	--
1997		44	2,812	< 5	--
1996		56	2,364	< 5	--
1995		55	2,385	< 5	--
1994		78	1,834	< 5	--
1993		78	1,850	< 5	--
1992		78	1,840	5	9,441
1991		103	1,511	6	7,978
1990		110	1,436	< 5	--
1989		96	1,502	< 5	--
1988		101	1,397	7	6,262
1987		83	1,541	< 5	--
1986		82	1,511	5	7,528
1985		80	1,531	5	7,307
1984		67	1,650	7	5,421
1983		79	1,469	8	4,795
1982		76	1,560	6	6,192
1981		93	1,348	6	6,038
1980		84	1,454	6	6,040
1979		96	1,309	5	6,784
1978		100	1,247	< 5	--
1977		96	1,255	7	4,973
1976		122	1,024	8	4,303
1975		142	916	14	2,868
1974		186	756	9	3,756
1973		203	717	10	3,382
1972		214	687	7	4,318
1971		264	630	12	2,928
1970		322	566	12	2,844
1969		295	575	17	2,111
1968		367	507	27	1,535
1967		453	444	17	1,956
1966		497	421	11	2,579
1965		576	384	25	1,586
1964		816	335	27	1,534
1963		893	312	26	1,576
1962		898	313	20	1,842
1961		1,018	291	31	1,455
1960		1,108	270	32	1,422
1959		1,325	238	23	1,695
1958		1,453	215	20	1,820
1957		1,609	208	37	1,293
1956		1,801	192	36	1,296
1955		2,012	171	46	1,104
1954		2,280	155	43	1,146
1953		2,590	141	46	1,088
1952		2,827	128	34	1,289
1951		2,904	121	33	1,292
1950		2,930	117	39	1,160
1949		3,347	106	53	954
1948		3,714	98	60	883
1947		4,344	87	72	818
1946		4,016	85	49	962
1945		3,347	84	48	938
1944		3,729	72	48	930
1943		4,352	61	68	802
1942		4,559	57	67	789
1941		4,790	52	80	689
1940		4,079	57	78	687
1939		4,111	56	83	654
1938		4,258	55	92	621
1937		4,244	54	97	588
1936		4,195	52	116	533
1935		3,798	56	124	518
1934		3,749	59	127	520
1933		3,450	65	163	432
1932		3,253	77	176	423
1931		2,868	83	222	376
1930		2,543	97	218	388
1929		2,043	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	338
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	487
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	< 5	--
1896		23	669	< 5	--
1895		21	698	6	1,053
1894		31	524	< 5	--
1893		22	624	< 5	--
1892		20	660	< 5	--
1891		22	570	< 5	--
1890		15	714	< 5	--
1889		25	508	< 5	--
1888		22	543	< 5	--
1887		20	507	< 5	--
1886		20	504	5	1,072
1885		21	466	< 5	--
1884		21	446	< 5	--
1883		20	433	< 5	--
1882		17	454	< 5	--
1881		12	498	< 5	--
1880		15	446	< 5	--

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.