# Patrick (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/patrick/  
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 |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “patrician” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpætɹɪk/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Pat, Patty, Patsy, Paddy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 689,424 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 686,590 / 2,834 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 17,934, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Patrick, from Latin Patricius (“patrician”), the name of an early Irish saint. Doublet of Paddy.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 11 | 8,189 |
| 1998 | 12 | 7,903 |
| 1999 | 10 | 9,311 |
| 2000 | 10 | 9,702 |
| 2001 | 6 | 14,867 |
| 2002 | 9 | 10,870 |
| 2003 | 8 | 12,116 |
| 2004 | 15 | 7,737 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10,736 |
| 2006 | 5 | 19,318 |
| 2007 | 7 | 15,085 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16,968 |
| 2009 | 5 | 19,494 |
| 2011 | 5 | 18,885 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,818 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,868 | 143 |
| 2012 | 2,823 | 140 |
| 2013 | 2,598 | 154 |
| 2014 | 2,680 | 152 |
| 2015 | 2,535 | 165 |
| 2016 | 2,360 | 170 |
| 2017 | 2,304 | 171 |
| 2018 | 2,124 | 189 |
| 2019 | 1,881 | 207 |
| 2020 | 1,867 | 205 |
| 2021 | 1,791 | 212 |
| 2022 | 1,717 | 218 |
| 2023 | 1,601 | 224 |
| 2024 | 1,630 | 221 |
| 2025 | 1,495 | 235 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 509 | 121 |
| 2012 | 487 | 127 |
| 2013 | 477 | 126 |
| 2014 | 535 | 115 |
| 2015 | 543 | 117 |
| 2016 | 582 | 114 |
| 2017 | 497 | 120 |
| 2018 | 518 | 115 |
| 2019 | 470 | 120 |
| 2020 | 473 | 117 |
| 2021 | 456 | 125 |
| 2022 | 440 | 126 |
| 2023 | 415 | 130 |
| 2024 | 451 | 120 |
| 2025 | 375 | 134 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: بَاتْرِيك, پَاتْرِيك
- Armenian: Բադրիգ, Պատրիկ
- Bulgarian: Па́трик
- Chinese: 帕特里克
- Czech: Patrik
- Danish: Patrick
- Dutch: Patrick
- Esperanto: Patriko
- French: Patrick, Patrice
- German: Patrick
- Greek: Πατρίκιος, Πάτρικ
- Hebrew: פטריק
- Hungarian: Patrik
- Irish: Pádraigh, Pádraic, Páraic, Pádraig
- Italian: Patrizio
- Japanese: パトリック, パトリーツィオ
- Korean: 패트릭
- Latin: Patricius
- Lithuanian: Patrikas
- Norwegian: Patrik

## People named Patrick

- Patrick Modiano, French writer
- Patrick White, English-born Australian writer
- Patrick Swayze, American actor, producer, singer and dancer (1952–2009)
- Patrick Blackett, British physicist (1897-1974)
- Neil Patrick Harris, American actor (born 1973)
- Patrick Vieira, French association football player and coach
- Patrick Dempsey, American actor and racecar driver
- Patrick Kluivert, Dutch football manager
- Patrick Wilson, American actor
- Patrick Henry, American Founding Father, orator and politician (1736 – 1799)
- Patrick Mboma, Cameroonian association football player
- Patrick Rafter, Australian tennis player

## 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.