Patty
Pronounced P AE1 T IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1959
- 145 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Patty?
Patty is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 116,955 children — the 327th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 59 births across the past decade, against a peak of 6,162 in a single year. That peak was in 1959.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Patti and Pattie — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Patty and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Patti
- Pattie
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- P AE1 T IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Patty
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Patty
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Patty?
- Patty ranks 327th among girls' names in US records, with 116,955 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 59.
- Is Patty a unisex name?
- No. Patty is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Patty most popular?
- 1959, when 6,162 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Patty spelled?
- Patti, Pattie. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.