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Patton

#3,290 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Diminutive of Patrick

Patton has been given to 1,763 babies in the U.S. since 1915. In 2025 it ranked #3,290 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 70 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Patton, 2025

1 in 92,100

Patton over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Patton over time

In 2025, Patton went to 14% girls and 86% boys.

19152025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Patton: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Patrick

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Patton means

Patton is a diminutive of Patrick.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Patton → Patrick. The family’s meaning is “patrician”, recorded in English with the source elements Patricius.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Patrick.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,664 boys were recorded with the name Patton between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 70 in 2015; its best national rank was #1,837 in 1945.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,386 in 2020 to #3,290 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,048 in 2015 to #3,290 in 2025.

In the United States, 99 girls were recorded with the name Patton between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2021; its best national rank was #11,921 in 2021.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #14,143 in 2015 to #14,498 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Patton?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 92,100
36 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 47,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,290
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
63,832 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Patton sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 63,832 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Patton. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Pattons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Patton was born before 2011 — so the typical Patton is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
34.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
68.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,512
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Choose a decade

2010s — 34.9% of all recorded uses (581).

Is Patton rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−984
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−904
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,242
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.51×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
51.4%
Peak was 2015 (70)
Years since peak
10
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,837
1945

Spellings of Patton

Patton is not the most common spelling — Dalton is, with 18.6% against Patton's 0.36%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Patton is used

Across 1910–2025, Patton was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 219,629 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 100,000
  2. 2Tennessee1 in 100,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 100,000
  4. 4California1 in —
  5. 5Georgia1 in —
  6. 6Indiana1 in —
  7. 7Mississippi1 in —
  8. 8North Carolina1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Patton has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Patton by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,290
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 904
Best rank ever
#1,837
1945
Peak year
2015
70 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,664
Count in 2025
36

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#14,498
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#11,921
2021
Peak year
2021
8 that year
First recorded
2002
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
99
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Patton

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

PatonHestonTritonDuttonWintonFentonKiptonPatriceElstonHuxtonTaytonLeytonAlstonHoltonPatrykHustonLawtonRustonFultonJaytonKeetonBrytonPatricAyrton

Sibling names for Patton

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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