NameTides

Patrick

Patrick was the #235 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,495 babies), and #134 in England & Wales and #275 in Canada.

Patrick as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Patrick as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.025507510018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Patrick as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02550751001880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#235 (1,495)#134 (375)#114 (44)#26 (62)#25 (183)#275 (122)#83 (100)#25 (196)
2024#221 (1,630)#120 (451)#125 (39)#26 (60)#16 (220)#242 (134)#78 (104)#36 (171)
2023#224 (1,601)#130 (415)#114 (46)#40 (53)#19 (221)#275 (115)#61 (122)#29 (164)
2022#218 (1,717)#126 (440)#125 (45)#53 (50)#15 (250)#255 (129)#77 (114)#27 (187)
2021#212 (1,791)#125 (456)#147 (35)#30 (68)#19 (266)#217 (160)#59 (152)#31 (187)
2020#205 (1,867)#117 (473)#136 (40)#32 (68)#22 (236)#196 (178)#74 (116)#26 (209)
2019#207 (1,881)#120 (470)#136 (42)#48 (60)#20 (262)#195 (194)#72 (127)#28 (206)
2018#189 (2,124)#115 (518)#121 (49)#37 (70)#18 (282)#209 (172)#68 (136)#24 (206)
2017#171 (2,304)#120 (497)#126 (48)#32 (73)#17 (300)#176 (217)#65 (147)#30 (186)
2016#170 (2,360)#114 (582)#129 (49)#26 (86)#18 (319)#189 (195)#49 (180)#32 (181)
2015#164 (2,535)#117 (543)#122 (54)#29 (85)#16 (350)#170 (223)#63 (163)#25 (189)
2014#152 (2,680)#115 (535)#136 (45)#41 (72)#19 (358)#152 (256)#52 (190)#26 (201)
2013#154 (2,598)#126 (477)#126 (50)#30 (83)#16 (369)#158 (237)#48 (198)#35 (176)
2012#140 (2,823)#127 (487)#142 (43)#24 (103)#21 (388)#140 (280)#51 (203)#34 (170)
2011#143 (2,868)#121 (509)#127 (49)#27 (93)#21 (390)#156 (241)#52 (179)#45 (137)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1968 at #30.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 730common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 450common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 130very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 130very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Patrick is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Patrick by state, 2025Alaska: #56AKMaine: #151MEWisconsin: #210WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #282WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #170NDMinnesota: #186MNIllinois: #146ILMichigan: #264MINew York: #163NYMassachusetts: #112MAOregon: #210ORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #246IAIndiana: #272INOhio: #232OHPennsylvania: #153PANew Jersey: #135NJConnecticut: #128CTRhode Island: #155RICalifornia: #368CAUtah: #274UTColorado: #210CONebraska: #184NEMissouri: #203MOKentucky: #203KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #190VAMaryland: #128MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #357AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #297KSArkansas: #353ARTennessee: #372TNNorth Carolina: #276NCSouth Carolina: #224SCDistrict of Columbia: #97DCOklahoma: #395OKLouisiana: #231LAMississippi: #370MSAlabama: #260ALGeorgia: #343GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #355TXFlorida: #279FL
Patrick (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#20568
Quebec2025#4639

Patrick (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PatrickCanadaGirls—too few
PatrickCanadaBoys#275122
PatrickEngland & WalesBoys#134375
PatrickIrelandBoys#25183
PatrickNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
PatrickNorthern IrelandBoys#2662
PatrickNSWBoys#83100
PatrickScotlandBoys#11444
PatrickUSGirls—too few
PatrickUSBoys#2351,495
PatrickVICBoys#25196