Patience
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,295 for girls
Patience is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 1,295th for girls in the US (172 babies).
What does Patience mean?
English
A female given name from English.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Patience a girl's or a boy's name?
Patience is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 172 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Patience in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Patience, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 31 girls.
Half of all the girls named Patience in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Patience in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 28 | #1,229 |
| 2009 | 22 | #1,411 |
| 2008 | 28 | #1,141 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 31 | #1,000 |
| 2005 | 27 | #1,022 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Patience in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,295among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 172about 1 in 9,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 172 girls in the US were named Patience, making it the 1,295th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,078th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 508 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Patience than any year since 1993.
Half of all the girls named Patience in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Patience in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 172 | #1,295 |
| 2024 | 174 | #1,317 |
| 2023 | 198 | #1,205 |
| 2022 | 203 | #1,183 |
| 2021 | 231 | #1,081 |
| 2020 | 229 | #1,078 |
| 2019 | 236 | #1,069 |
| 2018 | 213 | #1,145 |
| 2017 | 181 | #1,299 |
| 2016 | 206 | #1,203 |
| 2015 | 246 | #1,068 |
| 2014 | 273 | #977 |
| 2013 | 291 | #886 |
| 2012 | 316 | #844 |
| 2011 | 315 | #837 |
| 2010 | 341 | #803 |
| 2009 | 383 | #746 |
| 2008 | 384 | #765 |
| 2007 | 454 | #653 |
| 2006 | 508 | #577 |
| 2005 | 472 | #603 |
| 2004 | 293 | #840 |
| 2003 | 277 | #866 |
| 2002 | 264 | #867 |
| 2001 | 242 | #922 |
| 2000 | 246 | #892 |
| 1999 | 230 | #917 |
| 1998 | 252 | #845 |
| 1997 | 225 | #893 |
| 1996 | 255 | #805 |
| 1995 | 209 | #902 |
| 1994 | 202 | #930 |
| 1993 | 163 | #1,102 |
| 1992 | 176 | #1,044 |
| 1991 | 158 | #1,119 |
| 1990 | 170 | #1,050 |
| 1989 | 113 | #1,351 |
| 1988 | 66 | #1,859 |
| 1987 | 65 | #1,791 |
| 1986 | 75 | #1,587 |
| 1985 | 63 | #1,783 |
| 1984 | 64 | #1,703 |
| 1983 | 70 | #1,585 |
| 1982 | 61 | #1,786 |
| 1981 | 78 | #1,528 |
| 1980 | 104 | #1,250 |
| 1979 | 76 | #1,530 |
| 1978 | 102 | #1,221 |
| 1977 | 90 | #1,295 |
| 1976 | 79 | #1,355 |
| 1975 | 89 | #1,258 |
| 1974 | 77 | #1,351 |
| 1973 | 94 | #1,160 |
| 1972 | 54 | #1,655 |
| 1971 | 50 | #1,772 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,081 |
| 1969 | 32 | #2,254 |
| 1968 | 33 | #2,091 |
| 1967 | 32 | #2,079 |
| 1966 | 45 | #1,669 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,741 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,891 |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,305 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,946 |
| 1961 | 36 | #1,920 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,810 |
| 1959 | 29 | #2,107 |
| 1958 | 30 | #2,024 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,727 |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,004 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,062 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,908 |
| 1953 | 24 | #2,121 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,805 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,473 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,340 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,619 |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,490 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,992 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,969 |
| 1945 | 16 | #2,148 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,966 |
| 1943 | 27 | #1,624 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,916 |
| 1941 | 36 | #1,271 |
| 1940 | 21 | #1,745 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,638 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,437 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,539 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,873 |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,005 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,002 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,875 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1928 | 18 | #2,022 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,432 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,256 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,777 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,925 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,944 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,186 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,509 |
| 1920 | 18 | #2,079 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,063 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,962 |
| 1917 | 26 | #1,470 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,949 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,799 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,541 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,421 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,135 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,363 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,067 |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,230 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,034 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,094 |
| 1896 | 11 | #999 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,123 |
| 1894 | 11 | #950 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 12 | #796 |
| 1890 | 9 | #940 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 8 | #959 |
| 1887 | 8 | #860 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 11 | #658 |
| 1884 | 7 | #851 |
| 1883 | 6 | #817 |
| 1882 | 6 | #813 |
| 1881 | 6 | #740 |
| 1880 | 7 | #679 |
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Patience: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/patience, updated 20 October 2026.