Patience
Patience was the 1297th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 172 babies. Its best year was 2006, when it ranked 578th with 508 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 227 places. More babies were named Patience in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,297 girls, down 217 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 172girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2006508 babies
- Total since 1880
- 12,469babies recorded
Patience popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 44 since 2008.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,297 | 172 |
| 2020 | #1,080 | 229 |
| 2010 | #803 | 341 |
| 2000 | #894 | 246 |
| 1990 | #1,054 | 170 |
| 1980 | #1,257 | 104 |
| 1970 | #2,107 | 39 |
| 1960 | #1,828 | 39 |
| 1950 | #2,410 | 18 |
| 1940 | #1,780 | 21 |
| 1930 | #3,268 | 9 |
| 1920 | #2,151 | 18 |
| 1910 | #1,497 | 11 |
| 1900 | #1,296 | 10 |
| 1890 | #992 | 9 |
| 1880 | #726 | 7 |
How popular is Patience, counting every spelling?
Patience has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,230 for girls in 2025, against #1,297 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Patience?
172 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Patience (0.05 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Patience born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 49 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Patience.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Patience?
About 11,400 people born in the US named Patience are alive today, with a median age of 21; half are between 14 and 32. That makes Patience mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Patience by state
How common Patience was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (4.4×), South Carolina (4.2×), Georgia (2.4×), Alabama (2.3×), Missouri (2.2×). In 28 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Patience: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Patience, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Patience
How popular is the name Patience?
Patience was the 1297th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 172 babies. Its best year was 2006, when it ranked 578th with 508 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 227 places. More babies were named Patience in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Patience a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Patience in the US.
Where is Patience most popular?
In 2021–2025, Patience was most common in Mississippi (0.53 per 1,000 girls), followed by South Carolina and Georgia.