# Patty (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/patty/  
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 | /ˈpæti/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Pattie, Patti |
| US babies named this | 62,699 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 247 / 62,452 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Pat + -y.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 10 | 11,229 |
| 2007 | 18 | 7,333 |
| 2008 | 13 | 9,365 |
| 2009 | 12 | 9,839 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,604 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10,990 |
| 2012 | 11 | 10,253 |
| 2013 | 7 | 14,258 |
| 2014 | 7 | 14,218 |
| 2015 | 7 | 14,149 |
| 2016 | 7 | 14,002 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,755 |
| 2021 | 6 | 14,827 |
| 2024 | 7 | 13,124 |
| 2025 | 5 | 16,671 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 11 | 2,356 |
| 1943 | 13 | 2,154 |
| 1944 | 7 | 3,050 |
| 1945 | 9 | 2,532 |
| 1946 | 7 | 3,109 |
| 1948 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 1955 | 5 | 4,248 |
| 1956 | 7 | 3,449 |
| 1957 | 5 | 4,404 |
| 1959 | 10 | 2,774 |
| 1961 | 8 | 3,289 |
| 1964 | 6 | 3,923 |
| 1965 | 5 | 4,296 |
| 1967 | 8 | 3,173 |
| 1972 | 5 | 5,543 |

## People named Patty

- Patty Duke, American actress (1946–2016)
- Patty Hearst, American kidnapping victim
- Patty Jenkins, American film director
- Patty McCormack, American actress
- Patty Griffin, American singer-songwriter
- Patty Smyth, American singer
- Patty Loveless, American country music singer
- Patty Berg, American golfer (1918–2006)
- Patty Kempner, American swimmer
- Patty Shepard, American actress (1945-2013)
- Patty Schemel, American rock drummer
- Patty Cardenas, American water polo player

## 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.