Name profile

Patricia

Feminine form of Patricius.

PronunciationEnglish /pə.ˈtɹɪʃ.ə/; European Spanish /pa.ˈtɾi.θja/; Latin American Spanish /pa.ˈtɾi.sja/; German /pa.ˈtʁiː.tsi̯a/; French /pa.tʁi.sja/; Dutch /pɑ.ˈtri.si.aː/; Dutch /paː.ˈtri.si.aː/
Usage languagesAncient Roman, Dutch, English, French, Galician, German, Italian, Spanish
US rank (2025)#1,334

Meaning and history

Patrícia is the feminine form of Patricius (see Patrick). In medieval England, this spelling appeared in Latin documents, but it was probably not used as a personal name until the 18th century, beginning in Scotland.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 776 births, rank #411
2007: 728 births, rank #441
2008: 630 births, rank #498
2009: 565 births, rank #534
2010: 479 births, rank #617
20112011: 431 births, rank #658
2012: 396 births, rank #710
2013: 419 births, rank #676
2014: 380 births, rank #738
2015: 351 births, rank #802
20162016: 387 births, rank #736
2017: 308 births, rank #883
2018: 299 births, rank #899
2019: 281 births, rank #939
2020: 217 births, rank #1,116
20212021: 212 births, rank #1,153
2022: 222 births, rank #1,114
2023: 203 births, rank #1,179
2024: 179 births, rank #1,292
20252025: 167 births, rank #1,334

Patricia moved from #900 to #942 for girls between 2018 and 2019. Its highest annual birth count came in 1951, with 56,446 births.