# Patrica (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/patrica/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,157 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10 / 9,147 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 13 | 6,972 |
| 1995 | 16 | 5,880 |
| 1996 | 14 | 6,649 |
| 1997 | 17 | 5,810 |
| 1998 | 10 | 9,103 |
| 1999 | 12 | 8,090 |
| 2000 | 9 | 10,525 |
| 2001 | 14 | 7,636 |
| 2002 | 11 | 9,330 |
| 2004 | 6 | 15,593 |
| 2005 | 5 | 18,479 |
| 2006 | 14 | 8,605 |
| 2007 | 9 | 12,414 |
| 2008 | 7 | 15,007 |
| 2009 | 6 | 16,764 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 5 | 3,891 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,479 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.