Patience

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Patience: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Patience: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #928 in 2006, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#928highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#2738
1998	#3142
1999	#2770
2000	#1995
2001	#2783
2002	#1928
2003	#2727
2004	#1383
2005	#990
2006	#928
2007	#1234
2008	#1093
2009	#1325
2010	#1180
2011	#1545
2012	#1720
2013	#1707
2014	#1966
2015	#1865
2016	#2547
2017	#2706
2018	#2901
2019	#3151
2020	#3117
2021	#5581
2022	#3533
2023	#4709
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1755 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #928 among girls in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Patience by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Patience in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	4 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	172	10 of 10	17
2010s	143	10 of 10	14
2020s	25	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Patience appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #928 in England and Wales in 2006.

Patience's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1865	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1966	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1707	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1720	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1545	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1180	27	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1325	22	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1093	27	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1234	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#928	31	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#990	26	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #928, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 31 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
31births registered in its largest year, 200625 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Manveer · #928, 29y
Jedidiah · #929, 28y
Rivka · #929, 29y
Kymani · #926, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Manveer · #928, 29y
Jedidiah · #929, 28y
Rivka · #929, 29y
Kymani · #926, 26y

Patience was ranked #928 in England and Wales · Girls in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Patience and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Patience without appearing here.

Patience moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.
Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2783 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1928 and #4137.
Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5581 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3533 and #5669.
Kristy Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2727 and #2191 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1383 and #3197.

Moved ahead of Patience

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1286.
Diane Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #2499.
Karin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3192.
Luca Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3192.

Moved the opposite way to Patience

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Patience went from #1755 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Patience went from #1755 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Patience went from #1755 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Patience went from #1755 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Patience

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Patience went from #1755 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Patience went from #1755 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Patience went from #1755 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Patience went from #1755 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #928 in England and Wales in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Patience

Patience at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Patience by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Patience appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Patience at a glance

Patience by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Patience appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Patience

Patience and the names beside it

Patience moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Patience

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