Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Patience

Gender

Female

Origin

English
patience
French
Latin
Patient

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Exotic
  • Nature
  • Virtue
  • Word

Pronunciation

p(a)-tien-ce, pati(e)-nce

Celebrity Babies

Actress Patience Cleveland, Writer Patience Wheatley

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #8816, 8 births); most recent 2023 (rank #10812, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2006 (rank #578, 507 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1295, 172 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–172
2024–172
20236197
20227203
20216231
2020–229
2019–236
20188213
2017–181
2016–206

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2006 (rank #928, 31 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3704, 6 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20256
20245
20234
20226
20213
20207
20197
20188
20179
201610

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2009 (rank #2977, 8 births); most recent 2021 (rank #4588, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
20214
2020–
2019–
20184
2017–
2016–
2015–
20143

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2009 (rank #493, 7 births); most recent 2013 (rank #567, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence