Pat comes from the Latin tradition, meaning Noble, patrician.
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How popular is Pat?
1941peak year
Today, Pat has effectively disappeared from U.S. birth records. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1941, 1,900 babies were given the name (ranked #134 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1940s. In all, around 66,854 babies have been registered as Pat since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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