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Pat

As a gender-neutral name, Pat traces back to Latin, where it is understood to mean "Latin patricius, noble". It was at its most popular in the 1940s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is a solidly familiar choice. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.

EtymologyShort for Patrick/Patricia
LatinLatin "patricius" – "noble"
Births by decade
1900s
439
1910s
1,777
1920s
5,243
1930s
16,769
1940s
21,638
1950s
10,077
1960s
8,930
1970s
1,029
1980s
295
1990s
116
2000s
33
2010s
10
Peaked in the 1940s · 66,356 total U.S. births since 1900