How Many People Are Named Patience?
An estimated 11,119 people in the United States have the first name Patience. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 25 years old, and Patience peaked in popularity in 2006 with 508 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Patience 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 Patience paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
11,119
About 1 in 30,826 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
99.6% confidence
Average Age
25
years old
Peak Year
2006
508 births
Total Registered
12,293
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Patience
Patience is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 12,293 total births registered, 99.6% were female.
Patience as a male name
Ranked #11,886 in 2023
6 male births in 2023
Peak: 2018 (8 births)
Patience as a female name
Ranked #1,330 in 2024
172 female births in 2024
Peak: 2006 (508 births)
Patience: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Patience span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 15 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 3,529 babies were registered. Patience has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Patience by Decade
How has Patience 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.
Patience by State
Birth registrations for Patience span all 42 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, California, Ohio. The lowest are in Wyoming, North Dakota, Maine. On average, about 190 Patiences were registered per state.
Patience + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Patience as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Patience
Other first names starting with P with a similar number of bearers.
Patience: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Patience?
We estimate approximately 11,119 people named Patience 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 30,826 Americans share this first name.
Is Patience a common name?
Patience is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 97.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 12,293 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Patience most popular?
Patience reached peak popularity in 2006, when 508 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Patience is approximately 25 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Patience a female name?
Patience is predominantly female. 99.6% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Patience Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Patience Smith, Patience Johnson, Patience 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 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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