Patience
Rank in 2025
#1295
recorded as girls
Up 22 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
172
girls 172
Peak year
2006
508 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
12,469
since 1880
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Patience was most popular in 2006, when 508 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.27 per 1,000). In 2025, 172 babies were named Patience, ranking #1295 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 17%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 172 | 1295 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 174 | 1317 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 198 | 1205 | 6 | 10821 |
| 2022 | 203 | 1183 | 7 | 9823 |
| 2021 | 231 | 1081 | 6 | 10799 |
| 2020 | 229 | 1078 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 236 | 1069 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 213 | 1145 | 8 | 8819 |
| 2017 | 181 | 1299 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 206 | 1203 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 246 | 1068 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 273 | 977 | 5 | 12108 |
| 2013 | 291 | 886 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 316 | 844 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 315 | 837 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 341 | 803 | 6 | 10766 |
| 2009 | 383 | 746 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 384 | 765 | 6 | 11037 |
| 2007 | 454 | 653 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 508 | 577 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 472 | 603 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 293 | 840 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 277 | 866 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 264 | 867 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 242 | 923 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 246 | 893 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 230 | 919 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 252 | 845 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 225 | 894 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 255 | 805 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 209 | 905 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 202 | 931 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 163 | 1104 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 176 | 1046 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 158 | 1122 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 170 | 1052 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 113 | 1354 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 66 | 1863 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 65 | 1792 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 75 | 1588 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 63 | 1784 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 64 | 1703 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 70 | 1585 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 61 | 1786 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 78 | 1528 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 104 | 1250 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 76 | 1530 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 102 | 1221 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 90 | 1295 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 79 | 1355 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 89 | 1258 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 77 | 1351 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 94 | 1160 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 54 | 1655 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 50 | 1772 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 39 | 2081 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 32 | 2254 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 33 | 2091 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 32 | 2079 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 45 | 1669 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 42 | 1741 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 39 | 1892 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 27 | 2306 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 35 | 1947 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 36 | 1921 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 39 | 1811 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 29 | 2108 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 30 | 2025 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 39 | 1728 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 29 | 2005 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 27 | 2063 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 30 | 1909 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 24 | 2122 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 15 | 2806 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 17 | 2474 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 18 | 2341 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 15 | 2620 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 16 | 2491 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 24 | 1993 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 22 | 1970 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 16 | 2149 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 19 | 1967 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 27 | 1625 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 20 | 1917 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 36 | 1271 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 21 | 1745 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 22 | 1638 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 27 | 1437 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 24 | 1539 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 17 | 1873 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 16 | 2006 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 16 | 2003 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 7 | 3406 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 15 | 2130 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 18 | 1876 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 9 | 3055 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 13 | 2437 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 18 | 2023 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 14 | 2433 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 16 | 2257 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 12 | 2778 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 21 | 1926 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 20 | 1944 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 17 | 2186 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 14 | 2509 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 18 | 2079 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 17 | 2063 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 19 | 1963 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 26 | 1470 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 17 | 1949 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 18 | 1800 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 18 | 1541 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 11 | 1883 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 7 | 1956 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 11 | 1421 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 8 | 1607 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 13 | 1135 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 7 | 1553 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 7 | 1538 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 8 | 1364 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 7 | 1440 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 5 | 1793 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 10 | 1067 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 10 | 1231 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 10 | 1034 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 9 | 1094 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 11 | 999 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 9 | 1123 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 11 | 950 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 5 | 1437 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 6 | 1278 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 12 | 796 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 9 | 940 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 8 | 959 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 8 | 860 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 11 | 658 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 7 | 851 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 6 | 817 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 6 | 813 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 6 | 740 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 7 | 679 | <5 | — |
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Where Patience is most popular
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- Ohio2.1×
- North Carolina1.8×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years