girls:
93 births since 2002
#5623 (2nd percentile)
boys:
1.6k births since 1915
#3096 (32nd percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1915
#6091 (21st percentile)
The name Patton is the #6,091 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,658 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 21.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 21.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,096 (32.5% percentile) for all time with 1,565 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #5,623 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 93 births since 2002.
Patton first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 2002 for girls). Birth data for Patton is available in 87 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (87 years for boys and 15 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Patton has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 86.5% of babies named Patton were boys.
For boys, Patton reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 7.2% percentile (ranked #840) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 35 births per million (ranked 7.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Patton ranks #871 for boys (4.4% percentile) with 25 births per million, which is 70.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Patton reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #933) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Patton ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 89.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Patton".
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