Patsy

Boy · recorded 1886–1992

  • 1992last recorded
  • 1911best year

Most popular in 1911.

Last recorded in 1992. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Patsy.

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Its story

Popularity since 1886

016432718861913193919661992

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 93 recorded years as a table
Patsy, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188645
189551
189873
189956
190080
1901122
190282
1903134
1904133
1905219
190668
1907109
1908175
1909134
1910134
1911327
1912277
1913252
1914266
1915283
1916288
1917266
1918278
1919305
1920270
1921294
1922282
1923270
1924264
1925258
1926237
1927265
1928253
1929234
1930199
1931213
1932170
1933164
1934123
1935119
1936112
193791
193883
193975
194067
194165
194249
194348
194435
194536
194630
194739
194834
194930
195022
195118
195217
195323
195421
195522
195617
195717
19589
195911
196015
196115
196210
196313
196414
196513
19666
196710
196816
196910
19706
19717
19724
19736
19746
19758
19765
19774
19793
19803
19813
19823
19834
19844
19853
19863
19884
19913
19923

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Patsy isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1992
5
Rank in 1992
#8,435
How rare
1 in 399,481 boys
Since 1886
7,713

Patsy was last recorded in 1992. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1911, at 327 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Patsy doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.