Patricia
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning of noble birth, patrician.
How Patricia has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #803 |
| 2016 | #736 |
| 2017 | #883 |
| 2018 | #903 |
| 2019 | #940 |
Patricia by the numbers
In 2025, 22 babies in England and Wales were named Patricia. In the US, 302 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 56,441 babies in 1951, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Names that come from Patricia
Forms of Patricia in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Patricia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean nobility
Like Patricia, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Audreynoble strength4,820 in the US (2017)
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Allisonnoble natured; a form of Alison4,017 in the US (2017)
- Adelinenoble, nobility3,902 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Patricia
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