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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201946peak #30, 1964boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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.

Where Patrick is popular in 1946

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #15 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 58 boysAKMaine: #65 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 347 boysMEVermont: #50 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 241 boysVTNew Hampshire: #60 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 316 boysNHWashington: #31 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 141 boysWAIdaho: #57 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 231 boysIDMontana: #35 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 169 boysMTNorth Dakota: #41 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 186 boysNDMinnesota: #33 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 169 boysMNIllinois: #37 for boys · 398 births · 1 in 208 boysILWisconsin: #30 for boys · 250 births · 1 in 139 boysWIMichigan: #34 for boys · 349 births · 1 in 189 boysMINew York: #52 for boys · 588 births · 1 in 239 boysNYMassachusetts: #69 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 469 boysMARhode Island: #86 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 630 boysRIOregon: #35 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 162 boysORNevada: #43 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 164 boysNVWyoming: #48 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 198 boysWYSouth Dakota: #26 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 139 boysSDIowa: #43 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 214 boysIAIndiana: #59 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 329 boysINOhio: #49 for boys · 304 births · 1 in 267 boysOHPennsylvania: #62 for boys · 334 births · 1 in 313 boysPANew Jersey: #59 for boys · 162 births · 1 in 272 boysNJConnecticut: #58 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 291 boysCTCalifornia: #40 for boys · 521 births · 1 in 203 boysCAUtah: #84 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 371 boysUTColorado: #36 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 183 boysCONebraska: #49 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 245 boysNEMissouri: #50 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 269 boysMOKentucky: #111 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 623 boysKYWest Virginia: #86 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 504 boysWVVirginia: #141 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 895 boysVAMaryland: #67 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 355 boysMDDelaware: #90 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 574 boysDEArizona: #49 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 209 boysAZNew Mexico: #94 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 365 boysNMKansas: #92 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 448 boysKSArkansas: #156 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,059 boysARTennessee: #145 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 979 boysTNNorth Carolina: #192 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 1,360 boysNCSouth Carolina: #181 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,236 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #46 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 237 boysDCOklahoma: #91 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 431 boysOKLouisiana: #71 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 303 boysLAMississippi: #172 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,164 boysMSAlabama: #177 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 1,154 boysALGeorgia: #155 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 959 boysGAHawaii: #25 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 90 boysHITexas: #104 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 521 boysTXFlorida: #82 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 391 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alaska#15 · 1 in 58
  2. Hawaii#25 · 1 in 90
  3. South Dakota#26 · 1 in 139
  4. Wisconsin#30 · 1 in 139
  5. Washington#31 · 1 in 141

Best ever in a state: #12 in New Mexico, 1964.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#15121 in 58
Hawaii#25591 in 90
South Dakota#26451 in 139
Wisconsin#302501 in 139
Washington#311731 in 141
Minnesota#331831 in 169
Michigan#343491 in 189
Montana#35331 in 169
Oregon#35871 in 162
Colorado#36751 in 183
Illinois#373981 in 208
California#405211 in 203
North Dakota#41351 in 186
Iowa#431261 in 214
Nevada#4371 in 164
District of Columbia#46481 in 237
Wyoming#48121 in 198
Arizona#49371 in 209
Nebraska#49521 in 245
Ohio#493041 in 267
Missouri#501451 in 269
Vermont#50141 in 241
New York#525881 in 239
Idaho#57251 in 231
Connecticut#58651 in 291
Indiana#591221 in 329
New Jersey#591621 in 272
New Hampshire#60161 in 316
Pennsylvania#623341 in 313
Maine#65261 in 347
Maryland#67621 in 355
Massachusetts#691001 in 469
Louisiana#711021 in 303
Florida#82651 in 391
Utah#84221 in 371
Rhode Island#86121 in 630
West Virginia#86461 in 504
Delaware#9051 in 574
Oklahoma#91541 in 431
Kansas#92401 in 448
New Mexico#94211 in 365
Texas#1041711 in 521
Kentucky#111541 in 623
Virginia#141371 in 895
Tennessee#145381 in 979
Georgia#155421 in 959
Arkansas#156211 in 1,059
Mississippi#172231 in 1,164
Alabama#177311 in 1,154
South Carolina#181211 in 1,236
North Carolina#192351 in 1,360

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1946

girls
#2,024
21 births · 1 in 74,824 girls
boys
#59
5,305 births · 1 in 306 boys

Top girls' names in 1946

  1. #1Mary67,471
  2. #2Linda52,710
  3. #3Patricia46,297
  4. #4Barbara45,126
  5. #5Carol34,284
  6. #6Sandra31,692
  7. #7Nancy28,345
  8. #8Susan28,267
  9. #9Sharon27,824
  10. #10Judith22,310
  11. #2,024Patrick21

Top boys' names in 1946

  1. #1James87,438
  2. #2Robert84,136
  3. #3John79,267
  4. #4William60,034
  5. #5Richard58,870
  6. #6David46,444
  7. #7Michael41,194
  8. #8Thomas38,877
  9. #9Charles38,215
  10. #10Ronald31,858
  11. #59Patrick5,305
More about 1946

girls

1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 74,824 of them was named Patrick, which outranked 64.4% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Patrick
  1. #1,970Vernia22
  2. #1,970Vonna22
  3. #1,970Wylene22
  4. #2,024Patrick21
  5. #2,024Adriana21
  6. #2,024Alane21
  7. #2,024Alecia21
  8. #2,094Alethia20
  9. #2,094Ara20
  10. #2,094Armandina20

Tied with 69 names at #2,024; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1945
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,830Jacalyn#2,742 → #912
  2. ↑ 914Kimberly#1,621 → #707
  3. ↑ 615Suzette#1,032 → #417
  4. ↑ 538Randi#1,356 → #818
  5. ↑ 528Dayle#1,356 → #828
Fallers
  1. ↓ 335Oma#941 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 324Iola#824 → #1,148
  3. ↓ 324Artie#994 → #1,318
  4. ↓ 303Eartha#954 → #1,257
  5. ↓ 301Willia#830 → #1,131

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

boys

1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 306 of them was named Patrick, which outranked 98.5% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Patrick
  1. #56Gregory5,672
  2. #57Eugene5,670
  3. #58Mark5,331
  4. #59Patrick5,305
  5. #60Timothy5,152
  6. #61Philip5,093
  7. #62Dale5,024
Biggest movers since 1945
Risers
  1. ↑ 584Zachary#1,536 → #952
  2. ↑ 514Patric#1,494 → #980
  3. ↑ 385Kris#1,296 → #911
  4. ↑ 385Rich#1,296 → #911
  5. ↑ 380Furman#1,270 → #890
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Layton#971 → #1,440
  2. ↓ 438Farris#971 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 394Delano#558 → #952
  4. ↓ 312Leopoldo#864 → #1,176
  5. ↓ 290Rosevelt#927 → #1,217

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

See the top 100 for 1946 →