Patterson Popularity by Year
Follow Patterson across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Patterson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 6 | #10,695 | Down 932 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 7 | #9,763 | Down 2,729 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 11 | #7,034 | Up 609 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 10 | #7,643 | Down 507 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 11 | #7,136 | Up 5,110 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 5 | #12,246 | Down 1,502 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 6 | #10,744 | Down 5,237 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 16 | #5,507 | Up 1,541 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 11 | #7,048 | Down 1,644 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 5 | #16,513 | Up 479 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 16 | #5,404 | Up 1,646 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 11 | #7,050 | Down 41 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 11 | #7,009 | Down 973 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 14 | #6,036 | Up 2,274 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 5 | #16,992 | Down 530 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 9 | #8,310 | Down 612 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 10 | #7,698 | Up 2,090 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 7 | #9,788 | Down 2,884 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 11 | #6,904 | Up 4,568 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 5 | #11,472 | Down 116 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 5 | #16,462 | Down 3,020 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 5 | #11,356 | Down 3,525 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 8 | #7,831 | Down 1,386 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 10 | #6,445 | Up 1,764 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 7 | #8,209 | Down 2,167 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 10 | #6,042 | Up 3,589 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 5 | #9,631 | Down 1,839 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 6 | #7,792 | Down 614 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 5 | #13,442 | — |
| 1990 | Boys | 6 | #7,178 | Down 237 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 6 | #6,941 | Down 515 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 6 | #6,426 | Down 1,458 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 8 | #4,968 | Up 817 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 6 | #5,785 | Down 321 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 5 | #5,464 | Down 363 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 5 | #5,101 | Down 1,166 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 6 | #3,935 | Up 201 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 5 | #4,136 | Down 206 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 5 | #3,930 | Down 880 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 8 | #3,050 | Up 590 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 6 | #3,640 | Down 284 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 7 | #3,356 | Down 19 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 7 | #3,337 | Down 300 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 8 | #3,037 | Down 13 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 8 | #3,024 | Up 511 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 6 | #3,535 | Down 1,233 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 12 | #2,302 | Up 407 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 9 | #2,709 | Up 357 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 7 | #3,066 | Down 45 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 7 | #3,021 | Down 568 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 10 | #2,453 | Up 409 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 8 | #2,862 | Up 311 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 6 | #3,173 | Down 864 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 10 | #2,309 | Up 1,229 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 5 | #3,538 | Down 826 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 8 | #2,712 | Down 379 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 10 | #2,333 | Up 145 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 9 | #2,478 | Down 110 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 10 | #2,368 | Up 1,395 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 5 | #3,763 | Down 474 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 7 | #3,289 | Down 309 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 8 | #2,980 | Up 405 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 7 | #3,385 | Up 23 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 7 | #3,408 | Down 636 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 10 | #2,772 | Up 760 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 7 | #3,532 | Down 318 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 8 | #3,214 | Up 954 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 5 | #4,168 | Down 800 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 7 | #3,368 | Down 636 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 9 | #2,732 | Down 275 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 8 | #2,457 | Up 87 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 5 | #2,544 | — |