Padraig
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PAW-drig
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #986 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Big in Northern Ireland
Padraig is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “nobleman”. In 2025 it ranked 986th for boys in the UK (34 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Padraig mean?
Latin: Irish form of Patrick
“nobleman”
The Irish form of Patrick; Pádraig Pearse was a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising.
Is Padraig a girl's or a boy's name?
Padraig is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Padraig in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #986among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 8,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the UK were named Padraig, making it the 986th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,105th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 64 boys.
2025 had more boys named Padraig than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Padraig in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales and 90th in Northern Ireland.
Padraig in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #986 |
| 2024 | 25 | #1,198 |
| 2023 | 26 | #1,190 |
| 2022 | 23 | #1,270 |
| 2021 | 32 | #1,017 |
| 2020 | 27 | #1,105 |
| 2019 | 43 | #805 |
| 2018 | 39 | #875 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,023 |
| 2016 | 37 | #923 |
| 2015 | 32 | #1,005 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,196 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,017 |
| 2012 | 33 | #979 |
| 2011 | 47 | #745 |
| 2010 | 50 | #701 |
| 2009 | 35 | #882 |
| 2008 | 48 | #701 |
| 2007 | 42 | #742 |
| 2006 | 44 | #690 |
| 2005 | 44 | #658 |
| 2004 | 38 | #696 |
| 2003 | 36 | #668 |
| 2002 | 55 | #450 |
| 2001 | 50 | #465 |
| 2000 | 54 | #443 |
| 1999 | 64 | #390 |
| 1998 | 36 | #569 |
| 1997 | 43 | #498 |
| 1996 | 16 | #940 |
How popular is Padraig in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Padraig, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 57 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Padraig in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Padraig in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 40 | #2,913 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 45 | #2,716 |
| 2007 | 47 | #2,602 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,449 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,452 |
| 2003 | 39 | #2,575 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
Nicknames for Padraig
- Paddy 49 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Padraig
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Callum Liam Ethan Remy Vinnie Parker Jayden Dylan Cooper Austin Rio
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Padraig: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/padraig, updated 20 October 2026.