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Patrick

Boys' name · Late 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~560,600 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#235 among boys
Births in 2025
1,495 689,424 since 1880
Typical age
46 years, median

Patrick popularity over time

Patrick rank by birth year, 1880–2025Patrick ranked #67 in 1880 and #235 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #30, in 1964.#100#235best #30 in 196418901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1964 is the peak year for Patrick, with 14,750 births. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Across the record, 95 years put Patrick in the top 100.

The 2025 position is #235, on 1,495 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 41%.

Babies named Patrick per yearPeaks at 14,750 births in 1964.14,750 in 1964018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Patrick?

Roughly 560,600 Patricks are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 689,424 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Patrick?

Median age among living Patricks: 46. More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Patrick a late 20th-century perennial name.

Your Patrick

Ages of living people named PatrickHalf of living Patricks are older than 46 and half younger.median 46020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Patrick is most common

District of Columbia uses the name 3.6× as often as the country as a whole. Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine follow.

Where Patrick is used more than average5 states use the name Patrick more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: 2.4× the national rateMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: 2.6× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 2.4× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: 3.1× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 3.6× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Patrick is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
District of Columbia 125 3.6×
Massachusetts 880 3.1×
New Hampshire 113 2.6×
Maine 94 2.4×
Rhode Island 78 2.4×

Patrick in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Patrick ranked #134 in 2025 on 375 births. That is 21% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Patrick comes from

From Middle English Patrick, from Latin Patricius (“patrician”), the name of an early Irish saint. Doublet of Paddy.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Patrick

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Patrick Modiano French writer 1945 101
Patrick White English-born Australian writer 1912–1990 92
Patrick Swayze American actor, producer, singer and dancer 1952–2009 81
Patrick Stewart British actor 1940 80
Patrick Blackett British physicist 1897–1974 76
Patrick Vieira French association football player and coach 1976 71
Patrick Süskind German writer and screenwriter 1949 66
Patrick Dempsey American actor and racecar driver 1966 62
Photo credits (6)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 272 in 1911 to 430 in 1912 — 1.6 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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