Patrica
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- PAT-rih-ka
- Origin
- Latin
Patrica is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “noble, patrician”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Patrica mean?
Latin: variant of Patricia
“noble, patrician”
A variant of Patricia, the feminine form of Patrick.
Is Patrica a girl's or a boy's name?
Patrica is a girls' name.
How popular is Patrica in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1962, with 302 girls. It first appears in the records in 1911.
Half of all the girls named Patrica in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.
Patrica in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,560 |
| 1988 | 34 | #2,982 |
| 1987 | 32 | #2,970 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,201 |
| 1985 | 33 | #2,803 |
| 1984 | 46 | #2,148 |
| 1983 | 58 | #1,816 |
| 1982 | 45 | #2,220 |
| 1981 | 53 | #1,985 |
| 1980 | 47 | #2,154 |
| 1979 | 59 | #1,814 |
| 1978 | 73 | #1,523 |
| 1977 | 65 | #1,621 |
| 1976 | 89 | #1,252 |
| 1975 | 88 | #1,269 |
| 1974 | 117 | #1,023 |
| 1973 | 134 | #917 |
| 1972 | 128 | #949 |
| 1971 | 166 | #833 |
| 1970 | 164 | #833 |
| 1969 | 161 | #812 |
| 1968 | 170 | #762 |
| 1967 | 218 | #649 |
| 1966 | 250 | #598 |
| 1965 | 250 | #616 |
| 1964 | 295 | #573 |
| 1963 | 271 | #610 |
| 1962 | 302 | #569 |
| 1961 | 270 | #621 |
| 1960 | 270 | #609 |
| 1959 | 259 | #616 |
| 1958 | 255 | #618 |
| 1957 | 283 | #574 |
| 1956 | 264 | #579 |
| 1955 | 227 | #615 |
| 1954 | 237 | #584 |
| 1953 | 202 | #626 |
| 1952 | 222 | #580 |
| 1951 | 228 | #559 |
| 1950 | 226 | #550 |
| 1949 | 166 | #643 |
| 1948 | 155 | #671 |
| 1947 | 168 | #638 |
| 1946 | 154 | #635 |
| 1945 | 122 | #667 |
| 1944 | 110 | #718 |
| 1943 | 130 | #666 |
| 1942 | 114 | #697 |
| 1941 | 127 | #628 |
| 1940 | 93 | #721 |
| 1939 | 120 | #618 |
| 1938 | 97 | #698 |
| 1937 | 69 | #824 |
| 1936 | 80 | #748 |
| 1935 | 58 | #904 |
| 1934 | 68 | #815 |
| 1933 | 69 | #801 |
| 1932 | 55 | #953 |
| 1931 | 57 | #920 |
| 1930 | 58 | #956 |
| 1929 | 45 | #1,094 |
| 1928 | 37 | #1,253 |
| 1927 | 54 | #1,042 |
| 1926 | 45 | #1,133 |
| 1925 | 38 | #1,272 |
| 1924 | 41 | #1,244 |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,428 |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,536 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,821 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,626 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,649 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,645 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,427 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,896 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
Nicknames for Patrica
- Pat
- Patty 5 girls in the US in 2025
Names like Patrica
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Priscilla, Paula, Regina, Loretta, Gloria, Diana, Sylvia, Teresa, Monica, Laura, Marcella, Rebecca
Names related to Patrica
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from 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, “Patrica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/patrica, updated 20 October 2026.