Patterson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PAT-er-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Patterson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Patrick”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Patterson mean?
English: English and Scots surname, 'son of Pate', a short form of Patrick
“son of Patrick”
Surname formed from Pat, a medieval short form of Patrick, plus son.
Is Patterson a girl's or a boy's name?
Patterson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Patterson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Patterson, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Patterson in the US since 1880 were born between 1943 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Patterson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Names like Patterson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Patterson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/patterson, updated 20 October 2026.