# Paddy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/paddy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 341 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 93 / 248 (73% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 891, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 7 | 3,758 |
| 1939 | 7 | 3,706 |
| 1940 | 9 | 3,155 |
| 1941 | 5 | 4,909 |
| 1942 | 14 | 2,515 |
| 1946 | 8 | 3,906 |
| 1947 | 9 | 3,936 |
| 1949 | 7 | 4,552 |
| 1950 | 11 | 3,372 |
| 1951 | 9 | 3,926 |
| 1953 | 8 | 4,493 |
| 1954 | 5 | 6,381 |
| 1955 | 11 | 3,728 |
| 1957 | 8 | 4,802 |
| 1959 | 5 | 6,959 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 6 | 3,853 |
| 1930 | 5 | 4,411 |
| 1937 | 5 | 3,891 |
| 1939 | 7 | 3,048 |
| 1946 | 6 | 3,433 |
| 1948 | 8 | 2,951 |
| 1952 | 7 | 3,304 |
| 1954 | 5 | 4,222 |
| 1957 | 7 | 3,474 |
| 1959 | 8 | 3,217 |
| 1960 | 5 | 4,450 |
| 1965 | 6 | 3,820 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,842 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11,728 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,458 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 812 |
| 2012 | 35 | 866 |
| 2013 | 36 | 837 |
| 2014 | 34 | 866 |
| 2015 | 40 | 790 |
| 2016 | 36 | 870 |
| 2017 | 40 | 806 |
| 2018 | 29 | 985 |
| 2019 | 36 | 844 |
| 2020 | 31 | 921 |
| 2021 | 41 | 790 |
| 2022 | 47 | 714 |
| 2023 | 50 | 691 |
| 2024 | 43 | 785 |
| 2025 | 49 | 716 |

## People named Paddy

- Paddy Ashdown, British politician and diplomat (1941–2018)
- Paddy Considine, British actor
- Paddy Chayefsky, American playwright, screenwriter and novelist (1923-1981)
- Paddy Roy Bates, Founder of the Principality of Sealand (1921-2012)
- Paddy Lowe, British Formula One engineer
- Paddy Pimblett, British mixed martial artist
- Paddy Mayne, British Soldier (1915-1955)
- Paddy Driscoll, American baseball player (1896–1968)
- Paddy Ryan, American boxer (1853-1900)
- Paddy Hopkirk, British racing driver
- Paddy Hehir, Australian track cyclist and bicycle racer
- Paddy Finucane, British RAF officer killed in action

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.