How Many People Are Named Patches?
An estimated 137 people in the United States have the first name Patches. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 50 years old, and Patches peaked in popularity in 1975 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Patches as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Patches paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
137
About 1 in 2,501,856 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
50
years old
Peak Year
1975
17 births
Total Registered
151
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Patches
Patches is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 151 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Patches as a female name
Ranked #9,865 in 1983
6 female births in 1983
Peak: 1975 (17 births)
Patches: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Patches span from the 1960s to the 1980s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 113 babies were registered. Patches has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Patches by Decade
How has Patches tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Patches by State
Patches + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Patches as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Patches
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Patches: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Patches?
We estimate approximately 137 people named Patches are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,501,856 Americans share this first name.
Is Patches a common name?
Patches is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 69% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 151 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Patches most popular?
Patches reached peak popularity in 1975, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Patches is approximately 50 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Patches a female name?
Patches is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Patches Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Patches Smith, Patches Johnson, Patches Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 0 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau estimate. Full methodology.
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