Boy or Girl

Is Patty a boy or girl name?

Patty was a girl name in the US. Across 1880–2024, 99.6% of the 62,695 US babies named Patty were girls. Fewer than 10 babies were given the name in 2024.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#13,083
Babies named Patty since 1880
62,695
Most popular year
1959
3,123 babies
Babies named Patty each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Patty from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.01,0002,0003,0004,00018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Patty, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s027100%
1890s032100%
1900s082100%
1910s1833995%
1920s452,76498.4%
1930s669,62599.3%
1940s5911,41799.5%
1950s2716,10699.8%
1960s2717,52199.8%
1970s53,05899.8%
1980s0894100%
1990s0351100%
2000s0157100%
2010s062100%
2020s013100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–7#13,083
20230–0–
20220–0–
20210–6#14,818
20200–0–
20190–0–
20180–0–
20170–7#13,749
20160–7#13,997
20150–7#14,142
20140–7#14,215
20130–7#14,257
20120–11#10,253
20110–9#11,931
20100–7#14,602
20090–12#9,838
20080–13#9,364
20070–18#7,334
20060–10#11,227
20050–17#7,071
20040–9#11,394
20030–15#7,484
20020–18#6,325
20010–27#4,537
20000–18#6,155
19990–20#5,372
19980–20#5,300
19970–27#4,097
19960–26#4,155
19950–28#3,853
19940–29#3,762
19930–47#2,626
19920–45#2,719
19910–52#2,440
19900–57#2,248
19890–49#2,396
19880–83#1,585
19870–66#1,788
19860–67#1,748
19850–73#1,628
19840–82#1,427
19830–110#1,188
19820–127#1,113
19810–127#1,100
19800–110#1,203
19790–129#1,072
19780–145#961
19770–172#858
19760–194#749
19750–250#629
19740–311#543
19730–341#506
19725#5,543407#457
19710–514#414
19700–595#395
19690–679#344
19680–719#325
19678#3,172889#286
19660–1,110#256
19655#4,2961,665#198
19646#3,9212,347#167
19630–2,193#176
19620–2,333#172
19618#3,2872,649#157
19600–2,937#145
195910#2,7733,113#140
19580–2,789#146
19575#4,4062,169#174
19567#3,4481,447#213
19555#4,2491,330#222
19540–1,249#227
19530–1,139#239
19520–1,045#245
19510–923#252
19500–902#251
19490–1,044#230
19485#4,0561,138#217
19470–1,318#203
19467#3,1091,289#191
19459#2,5321,059#192
19447#3,050981#203
194313#2,1541,186#187
194211#2,3551,164#186
19417#3,0711,139#176
19400–1,099#175
19399#2,5751,052#181
193811#2,2881,158#175
19378#2,8441,112#180
19366#3,444986#183
19350–916#190
19345#4,0831,072#173
19330–894#191
19327#3,289839#214
19319#2,826827#213
193011#2,565769#223
19297#3,467632#250
19286#4,037512#292
19275#4,651437#319
19265#4,672324#379
19250–270#419
19240–181#539
19237#3,729139#625
19225#4,803106#708
19215#4,81977#847
19205#4,80686#784
19190–57#939
19180–49#1,038
19175#4,43349#1,010
19167#3,43143#1,078
19150–42#1,036
19146#3,17527#1,195
19130–21#1,268
19120–24#1,074
19110–14#1,280
19100–13#1,318
19090–9#1,577
19080–9#1,516
19070–7#1,780
19060–8#1,522
19050–13#1,088
19040–7#1,620
19030–6#1,743
19020–6#1,747
19010–8#1,306
19000–9#1,403
18990–6#1,549
18980–0–
18970–0–
18960–6#1,542
18950–5#1,762
18940–6#1,457
18930–9#1,075
18920–0–
18910–0–
18900–0–
18890–5#1,442
18880–7#1,110
18870–0–
18860–0–
18850–0–
18840–0–
18830–6#899
18820–0–
18810–0–
18800–9#620

Highest rank

As a boy name, Patty reached #2,154 in 1943. As a girl name, it reached #140 in 1959. 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 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Patty

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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.