Patrick
Boy · PAT-rik · Latin
TimelessBig in Northern Ireland
Patrick is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “nobleman”. In 2025 it ranked 120th for boys in the UK (481 babies) and 235th for boys in the US (1,495 babies).
What does Patrick mean?
Latin: from Patricius
“nobleman”
Saint Patrick, the 5th-century missionary born in Roman Britain, is the patron saint of Ireland.
- Say it
- PAT-rik
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Is Patrick a girl's or a boy's name?
Patrick is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 481 boys in the UK and 1,495 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Patrick in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #120among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 481about 1 in 620 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.2%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 481 boys in the UK were named Patrick, making it the 120th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 114th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 1,202 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Patrick since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Patrick in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 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 134th in England and Wales, 114th in Scotland and 26th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#44), 1914 (#38), 1924 (#44), 1934 (#32), 1944 (#31), 1954 (#39), 1964 (#35), 1974 (#67), 1984 (#65), 1994 (#71) and 2004 (#89).
Patrick in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 481 | #120 |
| 2024 | 550 | #107 |
| 2023 | 514 | #116 |
| 2022 | 535 | #120 |
| 2021 | 559 | #118 |
| 2020 | 581 | #114 |
| 2019 | 572 | #116 |
| 2018 | 637 | #110 |
| 2017 | 618 | #117 |
| 2016 | 717 | #105 |
| 2015 | 682 | #108 |
| 2014 | 652 | #105 |
| 2013 | 610 | #113 |
| 2012 | 633 | #114 |
| 2011 | 651 | #112 |
| 2010 | 639 | #116 |
| 2009 | 643 | #110 |
| 2008 | 655 | #105 |
| 2007 | 710 | #100 |
| 2006 | 727 | #102 |
| 2005 | 810 | #89 |
| 2004 | 847 | #84 |
| 2003 | 935 | #73 |
| 2002 | 867 | #79 |
| 2001 | 952 | #72 |
| 2000 | 991 | #67 |
| 1999 | 1,049 | #65 |
| 1998 | 1,123 | #67 |
| 1997 | 1,202 | #65 |
| 1996 | 1,132 | #69 |
How popular is Patrick in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #235among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,495about 1 in 1,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.2%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,495 boys in the US were named Patrick, making it the 235th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 205th. Its busiest year was 1964, with 14,692 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Patrick than any year since 1929.
Half of all the boys named Patrick in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Patrick in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,495 | #235 |
| 2024 | 1,630 | #221 |
| 2023 | 1,601 | #224 |
| 2022 | 1,717 | #218 |
| 2021 | 1,791 | #212 |
| 2020 | 1,867 | #205 |
| 2019 | 1,881 | #207 |
| 2018 | 2,124 | #189 |
| 2017 | 2,304 | #171 |
| 2016 | 2,360 | #170 |
| 2015 | 2,535 | #164 |
| 2014 | 2,680 | #152 |
| 2013 | 2,598 | #154 |
| 2012 | 2,823 | #140 |
| 2011 | 2,868 | #143 |
| 2010 | 3,139 | #129 |
| 2009 | 3,250 | #129 |
| 2008 | 3,339 | #127 |
| 2007 | 3,736 | #116 |
| 2006 | 3,947 | #110 |
| 2005 | 4,044 | #108 |
| 2004 | 4,441 | #100 |
| 2003 | 4,789 | #91 |
| 2002 | 5,153 | #79 |
| 2001 | 5,786 | #72 |
| 2000 | 6,297 | #68 |
| 1999 | 6,447 | #63 |
| 1998 | 6,734 | #57 |
| 1997 | 7,490 | #50 |
| 1996 | 8,194 | #44 |
| 1995 | 8,674 | #43 |
| 1994 | 9,337 | #42 |
| 1993 | 9,857 | #43 |
| 1992 | 11,409 | #39 |
| 1991 | 12,412 | #35 |
| 1990 | 12,377 | #36 |
| 1989 | 11,987 | #38 |
| 1988 | 11,400 | #42 |
| 1987 | 11,142 | #41 |
| 1986 | 11,410 | #39 |
| 1985 | 11,638 | #37 |
| 1984 | 11,524 | #36 |
| 1983 | 10,876 | #37 |
| 1982 | 10,695 | #37 |
| 1981 | 10,384 | #38 |
| 1980 | 10,352 | #38 |
| 1979 | 9,979 | #39 |
| 1978 | 8,830 | #42 |
| 1977 | 8,305 | #40 |
| 1976 | 7,642 | #41 |
| 1975 | 8,053 | #39 |
| 1974 | 8,137 | #38 |
| 1973 | 8,480 | #37 |
| 1972 | 9,276 | #35 |
| 1971 | 10,808 | #35 |
| 1970 | 11,730 | #33 |
| 1969 | 12,675 | #31 |
| 1968 | 13,062 | #30 |
| 1967 | 12,976 | #30 |
| 1966 | 12,405 | #31 |
| 1965 | 12,929 | #31 |
| 1964 | 14,692 | #30 |
| 1963 | 12,071 | #35 |
| 1962 | 10,499 | #40 |
| 1961 | 11,052 | #39 |
| 1960 | 10,356 | #45 |
| 1959 | 10,556 | #43 |
| 1958 | 10,247 | #42 |
| 1957 | 10,353 | #41 |
| 1956 | 10,326 | #40 |
| 1955 | 9,869 | #41 |
| 1954 | 9,927 | #38 |
| 1953 | 9,468 | #39 |
| 1952 | 9,175 | #37 |
| 1951 | 8,751 | #39 |
| 1950 | 8,179 | #38 |
| 1949 | 8,075 | #39 |
| 1948 | 7,192 | #48 |
| 1947 | 6,622 | #53 |
| 1946 | 5,305 | #59 |
| 1945 | 3,854 | #63 |
| 1944 | 3,881 | #64 |
| 1943 | 3,848 | #69 |
| 1942 | 3,804 | #64 |
| 1941 | 3,155 | #70 |
| 1940 | 2,883 | #74 |
| 1939 | 2,530 | #79 |
| 1938 | 2,292 | #88 |
| 1937 | 2,090 | #94 |
| 1936 | 1,856 | #100 |
| 1935 | 1,665 | #112 |
| 1934 | 1,704 | #109 |
| 1933 | 1,573 | #110 |
| 1932 | 1,579 | #114 |
| 1931 | 1,569 | #111 |
| 1930 | 1,532 | #118 |
| 1929 | 1,442 | #120 |
| 1928 | 1,320 | #131 |
| 1927 | 1,253 | #140 |
| 1926 | 1,219 | #141 |
| 1925 | 1,153 | #143 |
| 1924 | 1,121 | #147 |
| 1923 | 1,055 | #147 |
| 1922 | 1,019 | #152 |
| 1921 | 1,001 | #151 |
| 1920 | 877 | #159 |
| 1919 | 816 | #166 |
| 1918 | 871 | #160 |
| 1917 | 836 | #154 |
| 1916 | 802 | #154 |
| 1915 | 704 | #164 |
| 1914 | 633 | #149 |
| 1913 | 502 | #148 |
| 1912 | 430 | #144 |
| 1911 | 272 | #127 |
| 1910 | 254 | #129 |
| 1909 | 199 | #135 |
| 1908 | 216 | #120 |
| 1907 | 215 | #111 |
| 1906 | 213 | #100 |
| 1905 | 193 | #110 |
| 1904 | 226 | #97 |
| 1903 | 210 | #92 |
| 1902 | 203 | #98 |
| 1901 | 181 | #93 |
| 1900 | 285 | #89 |
| 1899 | 221 | #86 |
| 1898 | 219 | #93 |
| 1897 | 210 | #87 |
| 1896 | 214 | #93 |
| 1895 | 233 | #82 |
| 1894 | 229 | #85 |
| 1893 | 234 | #79 |
| 1892 | 234 | #86 |
| 1891 | 212 | #77 |
| 1890 | 227 | #75 |
| 1889 | 236 | #74 |
| 1888 | 245 | #81 |
| 1887 | 218 | #76 |
| 1886 | 249 | #72 |
| 1885 | 217 | #77 |
| 1884 | 222 | #78 |
| 1883 | 213 | #75 |
| 1882 | 249 | #70 |
| 1881 | 188 | #75 |
| 1880 | 248 | #67 |
Nicknames for Patrick
- Pat
- Paddy 49 boys in the UK in 2025
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