Is Patience a boy or girl name?
Patience is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 172 girls and 0 boys were named Patience, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.6% of the 12,293 US babies named Patience were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #1,330
- Babies named Patience since 1880
- 12,293
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 508 babies
Boys and girls named Patience, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 59 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 82 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 75 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 144 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 163 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 171 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 216 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 258 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 360 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 750 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 759 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 2,040 | 100% |
| 2000s | 6 | 3,523 | 99.8% |
| 2010s | 19 | 2,617 | 99.3% |
| 2020s | 19 | 1,032 | 98.2% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 172 | #1,330 |
| 2023 | 6 | #11,886 | 197 | #1,209 |
| 2022 | 7 | #10,580 | 203 | #1,186 |
| 2021 | 6 | #11,773 | 231 | #1,084 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 229 | #1,080 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 236 | #1,071 |
| 2018 | 8 | #9,440 | 213 | #1,147 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 181 | #1,301 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 206 | #1,206 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 246 | #1,070 |
| 2014 | 5 | #13,521 | 272 | #983 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 291 | #887 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 316 | #845 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 315 | #838 |
| 2010 | 6 | #11,813 | 341 | #803 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 383 | #746 |
| 2008 | 6 | #12,185 | 384 | #765 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 454 | #653 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 508 | #578 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 472 | #604 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 293 | #842 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 277 | #868 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 264 | #869 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 242 | #924 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 246 | #894 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 230 | #920 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 252 | #849 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 225 | #898 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 255 | #806 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 209 | #907 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 202 | #933 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 163 | #1,108 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 176 | #1,049 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 158 | #1,126 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 170 | #1,054 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 113 | #1,365 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 66 | #1,885 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 65 | #1,805 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 75 | #1,598 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 63 | #1,799 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 64 | #1,722 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 70 | #1,600 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 61 | #1,801 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 78 | #1,540 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 104 | #1,257 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 76 | #1,539 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 102 | #1,226 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 90 | #1,301 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 79 | #1,367 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 89 | #1,265 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 77 | #1,362 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 94 | #1,165 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 54 | #1,664 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 50 | #1,792 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 39 | #2,107 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 32 | #2,285 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 33 | #2,115 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 32 | #2,106 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 45 | #1,691 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 42 | #1,759 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 39 | #1,912 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 27 | #2,346 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 35 | #1,978 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 36 | #1,943 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 39 | #1,828 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 29 | #2,139 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 30 | #2,059 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 39 | #1,740 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 29 | #2,040 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 30 | #1,936 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 24 | #2,164 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 15 | #2,892 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 17 | #2,548 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 18 | #2,410 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 15 | #2,697 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 16 | #2,571 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 24 | #2,032 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 22 | #2,009 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 16 | #2,217 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 19 | #2,012 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 27 | #1,651 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 20 | #1,963 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 36 | #1,288 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 21 | #1,780 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 22 | #1,672 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 27 | #1,470 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 24 | #1,570 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 17 | #1,933 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 16 | #2,080 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 7 | #3,670 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 15 | #2,213 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 18 | #1,931 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 13 | #2,546 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 18 | #2,078 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 14 | #2,518 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 16 | #2,329 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 12 | #2,900 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 21 | #1,982 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 20 | #2,007 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 17 | #2,261 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 14 | #2,608 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 18 | #2,151 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 17 | #2,134 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 19 | #2,014 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 26 | #1,499 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 17 | #2,008 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 18 | #1,868 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 18 | #1,592 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 11 | #1,995 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 7 | #2,143 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 11 | #1,497 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 8 | #1,724 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 13 | #1,186 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 7 | #1,687 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 7 | #1,658 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 8 | #1,454 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 7 | #1,551 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,979 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 10 | #1,122 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 10 | #1,296 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 10 | #1,084 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 9 | #1,147 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 11 | #1,033 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 9 | #1,187 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 11 | #987 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,605 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 6 | #1,412 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 12 | #831 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 9 | #992 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 8 | #1,017 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 8 | #927 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 11 | #687 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 7 | #909 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 6 | #898 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 6 | #879 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 6 | #803 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 7 | #726 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Patience reached #9,440 in 2018. As a girl name, it reached #578 in 2006. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2000s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Patience
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.