# Patsy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/patsy/  
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 | Patsie |
| US babies named this | 127,161 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,713 / 119,448 (94% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 435, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the clipping of Patricia or Patrick + -sy (hypocoristic suffix).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 9,587 |
| 2012 | 22 | 6,067 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8,935 |
| 2014 | 17 | 7,229 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7,524 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,519 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,753 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,664 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,590 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,857 |
| 2021 | 20 | 6,119 |
| 2022 | 17 | 6,924 |
| 2023 | 18 | 6,609 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,864 |
| 2025 | 20 | 6,059 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 10 | 3,510 |
| 1975 | 13 | 3,036 |
| 1976 | 8 | 4,305 |
| 1977 | 7 | 4,977 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,786 |
| 1980 | 6 | 6,039 |
| 1981 | 6 | 6,040 |
| 1982 | 6 | 6,192 |
| 1983 | 8 | 4,798 |
| 1984 | 7 | 5,426 |
| 1985 | 5 | 7,309 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,531 |
| 1988 | 7 | 6,266 |
| 1991 | 6 | 7,979 |
| 1992 | 5 | 9,443 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 1,545 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,966 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,711 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,635 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,252 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,397 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,402 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,767 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,640 |
| 2024 | 30 | 1,128 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,512 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Patsy

- Patsy Cline, American country singer (1932–1963)
- Patsy Mink, American politician (1927–2002)
- Patsy Kelly, American actress (1910–1981)
- Patsy Ruth Miller, American actress (1904-1995)
- Patsy Elsener, American diver (1929–2019)
- Patsy O'Connell Sherman, American chemist
- Patsy Rowlands, Actress, singer (1931-2005)
- Patsy Willard, former American Olympic diver
- Patsy Byrne, English actress (1933-2014)
- Patsy Gallant, Canadian actress and singer
- Patsy Ticer, American politician (1935–2017)
- Patsy Adam-Smith, Australian author, historian and servicewoman (1924–2001)

## 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.