Patches Popularity by Year
Follow Patches across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Patches birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Girls | 6 | #9,015 | Up 222 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 6 | #9,237 | Down 1,109 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 7 | #8,128 | Down 1,339 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 9 | #6,789 | Down 1,038 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 11 | #5,751 | Down 188 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 11 | #5,563 | Down 31 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 11 | #5,532 | Down 918 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 13 | #4,614 | Down 840 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 17 | #3,774 | Up 89 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 16 | #3,863 | Up 1,717 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 9 | #5,580 | Down 100 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 9 | #5,480 | Up 1,139 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 7 | #6,619 | Down 1,206 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 9 | #5,413 | Up 2,058 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 5 | #7,471 | Down 455 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 5 | #7,016 | — |