# Pat (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pat/  
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 | /pæt/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 66,855 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 26,732 / 40,123 (60% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 16, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Yucatec Maya Pat. This surname is mostly found in Yucatán. * Borrowed from Khmer.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 28 | 2,665 |
| 1975 | 17 | 3,894 |
| 1976 | 15 | 4,287 |
| 1977 | 16 | 4,368 |
| 1978 | 15 | 4,607 |
| 1979 | 13 | 5,323 |
| 1980 | 10 | 6,633 |
| 1982 | 10 | 6,712 |
| 1983 | 12 | 5,713 |
| 1984 | 7 | 8,862 |
| 1985 | 6 | 10,267 |
| 1986 | 10 | 6,977 |
| 1987 | 6 | 10,856 |
| 1989 | 6 | 11,911 |
| 1991 | 6 | 12,649 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 20 | 3,138 |
| 1991 | 26 | 2,664 |
| 1992 | 21 | 3,185 |
| 1993 | 8 | 6,663 |
| 1994 | 9 | 6,215 |
| 1995 | 14 | 4,447 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,967 |
| 1998 | 7 | 8,221 |
| 2000 | 6 | 10,004 |
| 2002 | 5 | 11,999 |
| 2003 | 5 | 12,259 |
| 2005 | 6 | 11,115 |
| 2006 | 11 | 7,296 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,559 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,524 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## In other languages

- Slovak: Paťa, Paťo

## People named Pat

- Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974
- Pat Hingle, American actor (1924–2009)
- Pat Buchanan, American politician and commentator
- Pat Benatar, American singer
- Pat Carroll, American actress (1927–2022)
- Pat Riley, American basketball player, coach and executive
- Pat Barker, British writer
- Pat Robertson, American media mogul and minister (1930–2023)
- Pat Cash, Australian tennis player (born 1965)
- Pat Fraley, American voice-over actor
- Pat Smear, American musician and actor
- Pat Garrett, American sheriff (1850–1908)

## 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.