as a First Name
Pet form of Patricia or Patrick. It is generally a girl's name; as a boy's name it is almost completely restricted to Irish communities. Its popularity does not seem to have been seriously affected by its use in derogatory senses in the general vocabulary, in America meaning ‘a dupe’ and in Australia ‘a homosexual’. It is sometimes used as an independent girl's name.
| 495th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 104,537
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 121,726
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Arkansas
- has the most people named Patsy per capita
- 1936
- marked the height of its popularity
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2%
87%
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12%
30-54
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0.60%
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