Patricia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- pa-TRISH-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,460 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,334 for girls
Patricia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “noble, patrician”. In 2025 it ranked 1,460th for girls in the UK (22 babies) and 1,334th for girls in the US (167 babies).
What does Patricia mean?
Latin: feminine of Patricius (Patrick)
“noble, patrician”
The feminine form of Patrick, from Latin patricius, a member of ancient Rome's noble patrician class.
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Is Patricia a girl's or a boy's name?
Patricia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the UK and 167 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Patricia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,460among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the UK were named Patricia, making it the 1,460th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 745th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 84 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Patricia since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Patricia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,407th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1914 (#99), 1924 (#31), 1934 (#5), 1944 (#2), 1954 (#6), 1964 (#36) and 1974 (#89).
Patricia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #1,460 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 36 | #1,030 |
| 2022 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2021 | 60 | #688 |
| 2020 | 54 | #745 |
| 2019 | 54 | #771 |
| 2018 | 55 | #774 |
| 2017 | 62 | #715 |
| 2016 | 55 | #778 |
| 2015 | 51 | #812 |
| 2014 | 51 | #819 |
| 2013 | 51 | #807 |
| 2012 | 39 | #999 |
| 2011 | 56 | #742 |
| 2010 | 50 | #789 |
| 2009 | 44 | #844 |
| 2008 | 59 | #681 |
| 2007 | 51 | #725 |
| 2006 | 50 | #695 |
| 2005 | 39 | #793 |
| 2004 | 40 | #759 |
| 2003 | 50 | #632 |
| 2002 | 50 | #612 |
| 2001 | 44 | #649 |
| 2000 | 39 | #692 |
| 1999 | 53 | #577 |
| 1998 | 61 | #525 |
| 1997 | 84 | #427 |
| 1996 | 74 | #449 |
How popular is Patricia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,334among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 167about 1 in 9,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 167 girls in the US were named Patricia, making it the 1,334th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,116th. Its busiest year was 1951, with 56,446 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Patricia than any year since 1906.
Half of all the girls named Patricia in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
Patricia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 167 | #1,334 |
| 2024 | 179 | #1,292 |
| 2023 | 203 | #1,179 |
| 2022 | 222 | #1,114 |
| 2021 | 212 | #1,153 |
| 2020 | 217 | #1,116 |
| 2019 | 281 | #939 |
| 2018 | 299 | #899 |
| 2017 | 308 | #883 |
| 2016 | 387 | #736 |
| 2015 | 351 | #802 |
| 2014 | 380 | #738 |
| 2013 | 419 | #676 |
| 2012 | 396 | #710 |
| 2011 | 431 | #658 |
| 2010 | 479 | #617 |
| 2009 | 565 | #534 |
| 2008 | 630 | #498 |
| 2007 | 728 | #441 |
| 2006 | 776 | #411 |
| 2005 | 880 | #356 |
| 2004 | 998 | #317 |
| 2003 | 1,011 | #307 |
| 2002 | 1,115 | #280 |
| 2001 | 1,224 | #260 |
| 2000 | 1,393 | #226 |
| 1999 | 1,532 | #201 |
| 1998 | 1,704 | #180 |
| 1997 | 1,781 | #169 |
| 1996 | 1,970 | #159 |
| 1995 | 2,161 | #150 |
| 1994 | 2,363 | #135 |
| 1993 | 2,659 | #125 |
| 1992 | 2,950 | #111 |
| 1991 | 3,419 | #101 |
| 1990 | 3,579 | #97 |
| 1989 | 3,603 | #89 |
| 1988 | 3,799 | #77 |
| 1987 | 3,913 | #76 |
| 1986 | 4,246 | #66 |
| 1985 | 4,402 | #64 |
| 1984 | 4,476 | #66 |
| 1983 | 4,926 | #60 |
| 1982 | 5,168 | #59 |
| 1981 | 5,284 | #53 |
| 1980 | 5,310 | #51 |
| 1979 | 5,650 | #44 |
| 1978 | 5,498 | #48 |
| 1977 | 5,903 | #47 |
| 1976 | 6,017 | #43 |
| 1975 | 7,053 | #36 |
| 1974 | 8,036 | #29 |
| 1973 | 8,476 | #27 |
| 1972 | 9,602 | #27 |
| 1971 | 11,470 | #26 |
| 1970 | 13,406 | #24 |
| 1969 | 14,959 | #18 |
| 1968 | 15,803 | #15 |
| 1967 | 17,753 | #11 |
| 1966 | 20,112 | #7 |
| 1965 | 23,552 | #6 |
| 1964 | 26,091 | #5 |
| 1963 | 25,374 | #7 |
| 1962 | 26,532 | #6 |
| 1961 | 28,889 | #6 |
| 1960 | 32,113 | #7 |
| 1959 | 35,223 | #6 |
| 1958 | 37,961 | #5 |
| 1957 | 39,283 | #8 |
| 1956 | 43,329 | #6 |
| 1955 | 46,226 | #6 |
| 1954 | 49,149 | #4 |
| 1953 | 51,019 | #4 |
| 1952 | 53,101 | #3 |
| 1951 | 56,446 | #3 |
| 1950 | 47,944 | #3 |
| 1949 | 46,324 | #3 |
| 1948 | 46,140 | #4 |
| 1947 | 51,278 | #3 |
| 1946 | 46,297 | #3 |
| 1945 | 35,844 | #4 |
| 1944 | 36,874 | #4 |
| 1943 | 39,620 | #3 |
| 1942 | 39,465 | #3 |
| 1941 | 36,905 | #3 |
| 1940 | 32,665 | #3 |
| 1939 | 29,701 | #3 |
| 1938 | 27,560 | #3 |
| 1937 | 26,838 | #3 |
| 1936 | 23,916 | #5 |
| 1935 | 22,879 | #5 |
| 1934 | 20,844 | #6 |
| 1933 | 18,632 | #6 |
| 1932 | 17,992 | #6 |
| 1931 | 16,469 | #8 |
| 1930 | 15,751 | #7 |
| 1929 | 13,624 | #10 |
| 1928 | 12,331 | #11 |
| 1927 | 10,554 | #18 |
| 1926 | 8,586 | #23 |
| 1925 | 8,096 | #28 |
| 1924 | 6,957 | #35 |
| 1923 | 4,800 | #56 |
| 1922 | 3,902 | #68 |
| 1921 | 3,380 | #84 |
| 1920 | 2,502 | #104 |
| 1919 | 2,144 | #114 |
| 1918 | 1,760 | #133 |
| 1917 | 1,441 | #146 |
| 1916 | 1,078 | #174 |
| 1915 | 895 | #189 |
| 1914 | 656 | #201 |
| 1913 | 588 | #190 |
| 1912 | 504 | #195 |
| 1911 | 325 | #218 |
| 1910 | 316 | #205 |
| 1909 | 233 | #234 |
| 1908 | 205 | #238 |
| 1907 | 177 | #260 |
| 1906 | 157 | #263 |
| 1905 | 121 | #306 |
| 1904 | 124 | #286 |
| 1903 | 79 | #355 |
| 1902 | 85 | #344 |
| 1901 | 68 | #364 |
| 1900 | 87 | #360 |
| 1899 | 55 | #389 |
| 1898 | 46 | #448 |
| 1897 | 49 | #419 |
| 1896 | 37 | #478 |
| 1895 | 35 | #493 |
| 1894 | 36 | #463 |
| 1893 | 28 | #520 |
| 1892 | 21 | #616 |
| 1891 | 12 | #796 |
| 1890 | 11 | #825 |
| 1889 | 17 | #620 |
| 1888 | 12 | #753 |
| 1887 | 10 | #733 |
| 1886 | 8 | #828 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,047 |
| 1884 | 6 | #930 |
Nicknames for Patricia
Names like Patricia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Patricia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/patricia, updated 20 October 2026.