Patience

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #1,295in 2025
  • 1 in 9,344girls in 2025
  • −22%last ten years
  • 4.2×in South Carolina

Most popular in 2006. Quieter now: down 22% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

013426718801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 141 recorded years as a table
Patience, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188077
188165
188256
188353
188454
188583
188755
188845
189047
189165
189228
189323
189449
189539
189646
189738
189943
190033
190142
190219
190327
190429
190524
190624
190839
190923
191028
191117
191318
191424
191518
191616
191724
191816
191915
192015
192111
192214
192317
192417
192510
192613
192712
192816
192912
19308
193117
193214
19337
193415
193515
193616
193723
193824
193920
194018
194130
194215
194319
194414
194512
194614
194714
19489
19499
195011
19519
19528
195313
195415
195514
195614
195719
195815
195914
196019
196118
196218
196314
196421
196524
196627
196719
196820
196919
197022
197130
197235
197364
197452
197561
197654
197759
197867
197947
198063
198147
198236
198342
198438
198537
198644
198737
198837
198961
199090
199184
199295
199390
1994113
1995119
1996145
1997129
1998143
1999130
2000135
2001134
2002147
2003152
2004160
2005255
2006267
2007236
2008203
2009208
2010192
2011179
2012179
2013166
2014153
2015138
2016116
2017105
2018125
2019141
2020142
2021141
2022124
2023123
2024107
2025107

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. South Carolina 4.2×
  2. Georgia 2.7×
  3. Michigan 2.1×
  4. Ohio 1.7×
  5. North Carolina 1.7×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
172
Rank in 2025
#1,295
How rare
1 in 9,344 girls
Since 1880
12,425

Most popular in 2006, at 267 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 22% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
South Carolina4.2×26
Georgia2.7×41
Michigan2.1×25
Ohio1.7×27
North Carolina1.7×26

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