Patsy

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Patsy: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #414 in 2022, and it stood at #1,512 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#414highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1222
1997	#1015
1998	#1259
1999	#1557
2000	#1475
2001	#1359
2002	#1317
2003	#2191
2004	#2278
2005	#2682
2006	#2509
2007	#2410
2008	#2292
2009	#2326
2010	#2843
2011	#1545
2012	#3285
2013	#2887
2014	#1966
2015	#1711
2016	#1635
2017	#2201
2018	#2187
2019	#1252
2020	#1397
2021	#1402
2022	#1767
2023	#1640
2024	#1128
2025	#1512

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 2025.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1222 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
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #1512 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Patsy 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 Patsy in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	61	4 of 10	15
2000s	101	10 of 10	10
2010s	142	10 of 10	14
2020sbusiest	128	6 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 21 births a year.

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

Patsy appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #414 in Northern Ireland in 2022.

Patsy'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
2025	England and Wales	female	#1512	20	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	female	#1128	30	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1640	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1402	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1397	22	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1252	26	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1635	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1966	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1545	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1317	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1359	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1259	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1015	20	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #414, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 26 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Kaiser · #415, 25y
Kaycee · #413, 29y
Gaia · #412, 30y
Jaylen · #416, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aslan · #414, 21y
Ikra · #414, 26y
Oreoluwa · #414, 30y
Raven · #414, 30y

Patsy was ranked #414 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2022. 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.

Albi#414
Aleksander#414
Alfred#414
Amir#414

Patsy 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Patsy without appearing here.

Patsy moved ahead of

Kirsten
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1252 and #5591.
Helene
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1966 and #5691.
Belinda
In 2013 they stood at #2887 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1966 and #4684.
Kristy
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1966 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Patsy

Mila
In 2002 they stood at #1317 and #1442 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #2191 and #799.
Audrey
In 2002 they stood at #1317 and #1372 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #2191 and #1325.
Fiadh
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2187 and #1436.
Alma
In 2003 they stood at #2191 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2278 and #1535.

Moved the opposite way to Patsy

Blake
Between 1997 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Patsy went from #1015 to #1512 while Blake went from #3824 to #596.
Ezra
Between 1997 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Patsy went from #1015 to #1512 while Ezra went from #3824 to #1512.

Moved the same way as Patsy

Finlay
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Patsy went from #1222 to #2187 and Finlay from #1646 to #4684.
Jayden
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Patsy went from #1222 to #2187 and Jayden from #2350 to #5666.
Kristy
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Patsy went from #1222 to #2187 and Kristy from #620 to #5666.
Rian
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Girls, Patsy went from #1222 to #1711 and Rian from #2350 to #5730.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #414 in Northern Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Patsy

Patsy at a glance

What the data shows

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Patsy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Patsy at a glance

Patsy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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