Girl name#1,258 of girl names
Patience
Pronounced P EY1 SH AH0 N S (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2006
- 145 years in use
How popular is Patience?
Patience is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 12,293 children — the 1,258th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 43% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2006, when 508 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- P EY1 SH AH0 N S
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Patience
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Patience
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Patience?
- Patience ranks 1,258th among girls' names in US records, with 12,293 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,114.
- Is Patience a unisex name?
- No. Patience is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Patience most popular?
- 2006, when 508 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.