Patience
An English virtue name from the Latin patientia, the quality of enduring. Puritans adopted it alongside Prudence and Constance.
Patience in 2025
Patience was given to 172 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 2,447th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 19,275 babies born.
The history of Patience
Patience reached its highest point in 2006, when 508 babies were given the name, ranking 1,081st that year.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 12,469 babies have been named Patience. Half of them were born before 2004, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation Z.
Patience by decade
| Decade | Babies named Patience | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 59 | 1,243 |
| 1890s | 82 | 1,344 |
| 1900s | 75 | 1,748 |
| 1910s | 144 | 2,360 |
| 1920s | 163 | 3,519 |
| 1930s | 171 | 2,618 |
| 1940s | 216 | 2,275 |
| 1950s | 258 | 2,866 |
| 1960s | 360 | 2,696 |
| 1970s | 750 | 1,936 |
| 1980s | 759 | 2,073 |
| 1990s | 2,040 | 1,433 |
| 2000s | 3,529 | 1,081 |
| 2010s | 2,637 | 1,466 |
| 2020s | 1,226 | 1,997 |
Where Patience is heading
Patience has fallen 30% over the past decade, from 246 babies in 2015 to 172 in 2025.
Names like Patience
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Patience.