Paddy

Where Paddy comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Paddy.

  • Vowel-ended
Paddy through the years
  1. 1928
    First appearance
    #4,725 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1934
    Peak, #1,372
    28 babies named Paddy, the most in any year.
  3. 1937
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,317.
  4. 1959
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes

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