Patrick

Last seen for girls in 2017 at #15,902 · #235 for boys in 2025, 1,495 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1964 · 14,692 births
Debut · boys
248 births
In top 100 · boys
95 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
686,590
since 1880

Patrick over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201945peak #30, 1964boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2351,495
2024#2211,630
2023#2241,601
2022#2181,717
2021#2121,791
2020#2051,867
2019#2071,881
2018#1892,124
2017#15,9025#1712,304
2016#1702,360
2015#1642,535
2014#1522,680
2013#1542,598
2012#1402,823
2011#16,7645#1432,868
2010#1293,139
2009#17,2945#1293,250
2008#15,4056#1273,339
2007#13,9247#1163,736
2006#17,1685#1103,947
2005#10,12810#1084,044
2004#7,39115#1004,441
2003#11,3258#914,789
2002#10,2469#795,153
2001#13,5216#725,786
2000#9,16310#686,297
1999#8,80510#636,447
1998#7,53212#576,734
1997#7,74211#507,490
1996#6,06415#448,194
1995#4,84620#438,674
1994#4,68721#429,337
1993#3,58530#439,857
1992#3,68029#3911,409
1991#2,98938#3512,412
1990#2,73742#3612,377
1989#2,16956#3811,987
1988#1,55185#4211,400
1987#1,47088#4111,142
1986#1,75166#3911,410
1985#1,56277#3711,638
1984#1,31593#3611,524
1983#1,49676#3710,876
1982#1,62171#3710,695
1981#1,86758#3810,384
1980#1,55275#3810,352
1979#1,59671#399,979
1978#1,89352#428,830
1977#2,06346#408,305
1976#2,25537#417,642
1975#1,85449#398,053
1974#1,64656#388,137
1973#1,97941#378,480
1972#1,43268#359,276
1971#1,54663#3510,808
1970#1,38975#3311,730
1969#1,64853#3112,675
1968#1,22380#3013,062
1967#1,33667#3012,976
1966#1,48855#3112,405
1965#1,63547#3112,929
1964#1,48258#3014,692
1963#1,75443#3512,071
1962#1,73243#4010,499
1961#2,11731#3911,052
1960#1,69544#4510,356
1959#1,76539#4310,556
1958#2,20926#4210,247
1957#1,68141#4110,353
1956#2,05828#4010,326
1955#2,22224#419,869
1954#2,29522#389,927
1953#2,17323#399,468
1952#1,82030#379,175
1951#1,80529#398,751
1950#2,05322#388,179
1949#1,88226#398,075
1948#2,25519#487,192
1947#1,89726#536,622
1946#2,02421#595,305
1945#2,23715#633,854
1944#2,19916#643,881
1943#2,44714#693,848
1942#2,21416#643,804
1941#1,81020#703,155
1940#2,57211#742,883
1939#2,03816#792,530
1938#2,9409#882,292
1937#3,1468#942,090
1936#2,38612#1001,856
1935#4,2045#1121,665
1934#3,4497#1091,704
1933#2,54011#1101,573
1932#2,64411#1141,579
1931#2,02416#1111,569
1930#2,20215#1181,532
1929#2,73711#1201,442
1928#2,38114#1311,320
1927#2,69912#1401,253
1926#2,35115#1411,219
1925#4,4266#1431,153
1924#3,6658#1471,121
1923#2,91711#1471,055
1922#4,0117#1521,019
1921#1511,001
1920#4,9755#159877
1919#3,8177#166816
1918#4,8095#160871
1917#4,0836#154836
1916#154802
1915#164704
1914#149633
1913#148502
1912#144430
1911#127272
1910#129254
1909#135199
1908#120216
1907#111215
1906#100213
1905#110193
1904#1,6596#97226
1903#92210
1902#98203
1901#93181
1900#89285
1899#86221
1898#93219
1897#87210
1896#93214
1895#82233
1894#85229
1893#79234
1892#86234
1891#77212
1890#75227
1889#74236
1888#81245
1887#76218
1886#72249
1885#77217
1884#78222
1883#75213
1882#70249
1881#75188
1880#67248
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Patrick was already there! It came in at #67, and was given to 248 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1910, when fewer than 260 boys a year got the name.

See more about Patrick
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 14 spots since 2024 (#221#235)
  • 30 spots since 2020 (#205#235)
  • 71 spots since 2015 (#164#235)
  • Biggest jump: 12 spots in 1936 (#112#100)
  • Biggest drop: 18 spots in 2018 (#171#189)
Rise & fade · boys
84 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1964 at #30 (14,692 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 34 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 95 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 95 yrs · run 1936–2004
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 133
  • Highest: 1 in 133 boys born in 1968 were named Patrick (0.75%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,143 boys born in 2025 (0.09%)
  • Its best rank, #30 in 1964, was only 1 in 136 (0.74%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 17.9% of all boys named Patrick (122,717) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,285#67 (1880)#75
1890s2,233#75 (1890)#84
1900s2,141#89 (1900)#105
1910s6,120#127 (1911)#150
1920s11,460#120 (1929)#143
1930s18,390#79 (1939)#104
1940s48,619#39 (1949)#60
1950s96,851#37 (1952)#40
1960s122,717#30 (1964)#34
1970s91,240#33 (1970)#38
1980s111,408#36 (1984)#38
1990s92,931#35 (1991)#45
2000s44,782#68 (2000)#100
2010s25,312#129 (2010)#162
2020s10,101#205 (2020)#219

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Patrick in 1945

girls
#2,237
15 births · 1 in 87,139 girls
boys
#63
3,854 births · 1 in 349 boys

Top girls' names in 1945

  1. #1Mary59,278
  2. #2Linda41,465
  3. #3Barbara38,273
  4. #4Patricia35,844
  5. #5Carol30,389
  6. #6Sandra24,700
  7. #7Nancy21,456
  8. #8Sharon20,838
  9. #9Judith20,192
  10. #10Susan19,222
  11. #2,237Patrick15

Top boys' names in 1945

  1. #1James74,464
  2. #2Robert69,947
  3. #3John66,117
  4. #4William50,218
  5. #5Richard46,046
  6. #6David37,110
  7. #7Charles32,469
  8. #8Thomas31,874
  9. #9Michael29,902
  10. #10Ronald23,665
  11. #63Patrick3,854
More about 1945

girls

1,307,090 girls got a published name in 1945; 1 in 87,139 of them was named Patrick, which outranked 57.3% of the 5,242 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Patrick
  1. #2,149Vermell16
  2. #2,149Vernia16
  3. #2,149Vincenza16
  4. #2,237Patrick15
  5. #2,237Adelfa15
  6. #2,237Albina15
  7. #2,237Arden15
  8. #2,339Aimee14
  9. #2,339Alexia14
  10. #2,339Andrew14

Tied with 101 names at #2,237; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. 799Lauren#1,153#354
  2. 707Amber#1,661#954
  3. 648Laureen#1,315#667
  4. 630Deidre#1,609#979
  5. 623Candice#1,364#741
Fallers
  1. 395Bernardine#937#1,332
  2. 386Joella#988#1,374
  3. 342Venita#937#1,279
  4. 275Magdalene#867#1,142
  5. 249Alpha#964#1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 349 of them was named Patrick, which outranked 98.3% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Patrick
  1. #60Ernest4,005
  2. #61Dale3,957
  3. #61Samuel3,957
  4. #63Patrick3,854
  5. #64Russell3,806
  6. #65Norman3,726
  7. #66Bill3,711
Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. 527Delano#1,085#558
  2. 499Dane#1,235#736
  3. 385Eusebio#1,328#943
  4. 371Erick#1,235#864
  5. 311Gerardo#1,282#971
Fallers
  1. 479Joan#870#1,349
  2. 408Kit#841#1,249
  3. 392Llewellyn#935#1,327
  4. 361Valentine#888#1,249
  5. 321Hilario#906#1,227

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1945