girl's name
Patience
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 8
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 13,421
Patience is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 172 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2006, when 508 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 19,275 babies in the United States is given this name.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Patience over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 59 |
| 1890s | 82 |
| 1900s | 75 |
| 1910s | 144 |
| 1920s | 163 |
| 1930s | 171 |
| 1940s | 216 |
| 1950s | 258 |
| 1960s | 360 |
| 1970s | 750 |
| 1980s | 759 |
| 1990s | 2,040 |
| 2000s | 3,529 |
| 2010s | 2,637 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 1,226 |
How popular is Patience?
In 2025, Patience was given to 172 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Patience is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Patience
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Patience also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Patience over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Patience
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Patience — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Patience
How popular is the name Patience?
In 2025, Patience was given to 172 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Patience a girl's or a boy's name?
Patience is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Patience?
Patience has 2 syllables.
When was Patience most popular?
Patience peaked in 2006, when 508 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Patience a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Patience currently ranks #1,297 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.