Patrick

maleLatin

From Latin Patricius, meaning 'nobleman, patrician'. Adopted by Saint Patrick (originally named Sucat), a Romanized Briton who Christianized Ireland and became its patron saint.

Origin: Latin

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1948 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #2 in Republic of Ireland in 1969. See regions.

Patrick: Recorded since 1948, it reached #2 in 1964, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
329times a registrar ranked it
78years from first to last
#2highest recorded position
44groupings it qualifies for
45names it appears alongside

What stands out in Patrick's record

Held a top-100 place for 74 years running. Names by top-100 run
Republic of Ireland registered 2,281 births with the name in 1965, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 49 years. Names by sustained share
Appears alongside 45 other names across 9 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

PAT-rik/ˈpæt.ɹɪk/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: HighCompleteness: CompleteEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

See full evidence assessment (8 dimensions, 1 not yet tracked)

Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (7) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

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Pronunciation clarity

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Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Latin
Meaning: From Latin Patricius, meaning 'nobleman, patrician'. Adopted by Saint Patrick (originally named Sucat), a Romanized Briton who Christianized Ireland and became its patron saint.
Pronunciation: PAT-rik
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: male
Language family: Latin

Popularity

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#66
1997	#67
1998	#66
1999	#69
2000	#70
2001	#76
2002	#82
2003	#81
2004	#89
2005	#92
2006	#105
2007	#105
2008	#115
2009	#120
2010	#126
2011	#121
2012	#127
2013	#126
2014	#115
2015	#117
2016	#114
2017	#120
2018	#115
2019	#120
2020	#117
2021	#125
2022	#126
2023	#130
2024	#120
2025	#134

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 70 of the 78 years from 1948 to 2025.

In 2025: #25 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #83 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #134 among boys in England and Wales, #327 among boys in Norway.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1948–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1948
First recorded at #315 among boys in Norway in 1948 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #134 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Patrick appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, with 74 ranked years and 13,820 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1948.

Patrick across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Patrick's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#315 (1948)	#67 (1989)	#327 (2025)	70 of 78	3,250 (1948–2025)	125 (1989)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#59 (1952)	#30 (1994)	#83 (2025)	74 of 74	13,820 (1952–2025)	331 (1994)
New Zealand · Boys	#60 (1954)	#45 (1967)	#93 (2020)	64 of 67	6,320 (1954–2020)	159 (1958)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#2 (1964)	#2 (1964)	#25 (2025)	62 of 62	50,100 (1964–2025)	2,281 (1965)
England and Wales · Boys	#66 (1996)	#66 (1996)	#134 (2025)	30 of 30	17,934 (1996–2025)	1,039 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#19 (1997)	#18 (2003)	#26 (2024)	28 of 28	2,635 (1997–2024)	164 (1997)

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Inside a single year a registrar's ranking is its birth counts put in order, so the top of a list is always the name given to the most babies that year. Across years the two separate, because the number of births and the number of names sharing them both change.

In Northern Ireland · Boys the name reached its highest position, #18, in 2003, when 126 births were registered with it. More were registered in 1997 — 164 — in a year it ranked #19.

Patrick by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Patrick in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	1,197	8 of 10	150
1960s	1,627	10 of 10	163
1970s	1,336	10 of 10	134
1980s	2,113	10 of 10	211
1990sbusiest	2,925	10 of 10	293
2000s	2,242	10 of 10	224
2010s	1,672	10 of 10	167
2020s	708	6 of 10	118

Across New South Wales, Australia · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 293 births a year.

See the names New South Wales, Australiahas recorded the most births with →

Patrick appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1948 and 2025, ranked in 76 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2, first reached in 1964.

It held a top-100 place in 74 years, 74 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 2,281 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1952, and 76 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Patrick was ranked #2 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Patricia · #7, 80y
Patricija · #336, 19y
Patrik · #176, 57y
Patrycja · #180, 47y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Andrew · #2, 79y
Catherine · #2, 75y
Christopher · #2, 80y
George · #2, 78y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Andrew · #2, 79y
Bente · #2, 62y
Bjørn · #2, 81y
Camilla · #2, 70y

Comparisons involving Patrick

Existing comparison pages where Patrick and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Patrick in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Patrick vs Ross
In 1996 they stood at #66 and #68 in England and Wales · Boys, 2 places apart; by 2025 they were #134 and #2014.
Patrick · Ross · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 England and Wales ranking
Patrick vs Shane
In 1996 they stood at #66 and #74 in England and Wales · Boys, 8 places apart; by 2025 they were #134 and #1153.
Patrick · Shane · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 England and Wales ranking
Patrick vs Steven
In 1996 they stood at #66 and #73 in England and Wales · Boys, 7 places apart; by 2025 they were #134 and #976.
Patrick · Steven · 30 shared years, 1996–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 England and Wales ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Patrick within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Thomas vs Patrick
Across 62 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Thomas and Patrick averaged 3.9 places apart, ending at #16 and #25.
Thomas · Patrick · 62 shared years, 1964–2025 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
David vs Patrick
Across 62 shared years in Republic of Ireland · Boys, David and Patrick averaged 7.1 places apart, ending at #45 and #25.
David · Patrick · 62 shared years, 1964–2025 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Patrick vs Cameron
Across 46 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Patrick and Cameron averaged 8.9 places apart, ending at #51 and #81.
Patrick · Cameron · 46 shared years, 1966–2012 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2012 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Patrick and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

James vs Patrick
In 1985, James moved ahead of Patrick in Republic of Ireland · Boys — #6 and #4 the year before became #5 and #6.
James · Patrick · 62 shared years, 1964–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1985 Republic of Ireland ranking
Patrick vs Finn
In 2020, Finn moved ahead of Patrick in Republic of Ireland · Boys — #20 and #22 the year before became #22 and #6.
Patrick · Finn · 41 shared years, 1982–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 2020 Republic of Ireland ranking
Daniel vs Patrick
In 1995, Daniel moved ahead of Patrick in Republic of Ireland · Boys — #10 and #9 the year before became #8 and #9.
Daniel · Patrick · 62 shared years, 1964–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1995 Republic of Ireland ranking

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Pairs involving Patrick measured in Republic of Ireland's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Patrick at its highest position.

Patrick vs Gerard
In 1964 they stood at #2 and #10 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, 8 places apart; by 2025 they were #25 and #348.
Patrick · Gerard · 62 shared years, 1964–2025 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
Patrick vs Stephen
Patrick and Stephen changed places 12 times in Republic of Ireland · Boys between 1964 and 2025, ending at #25 and #232.
Patrick · Stephen · 62 shared years, 1964–2025 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2025 Republic of Ireland ranking
John vs Patrick
Both reached their highest recorded position in Republic of Ireland · Boys within 2 years — John #1 in 1964, Patrick #2 in 1964.
John · Patrick · 62 shared years, 1964–2025 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1964 Republic of Ireland ranking

Republic of Ireland overview→

Patrick and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Patrick without appearing here.

Patrick moved ahead of

Joseph Compare
In 1976 they stood at #307 and #301 in Norway · Boys; by 1977 that had become #283 and #510.
Kåre
In 2023 they stood at #332 and #329 in Norway · Boys; by 2024 that had become #276 and #450.
Roman
In 1983 they stood at #265 and #238 in Norway · Boys; by 1984 that had become #147 and #293.
Espen
In 2023 they stood at #332 and #326 in Norway · Boys; by 2024 that had become #276 and #395.

Moved ahead of Patrick

Jonah
In 2024 they stood at #276 and #299 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #327 and #253.
Colin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #194 and #259 in Norway · Boys; by 2019 that had become #288 and #215.
Joakim
In 2024 they stood at #276 and #298 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #327 and #265.
Sindre
In 2024 they stood at #276 and #292 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #327 and #271.

Moved the opposite way to Patrick

Alexander Compare
Between 1952 and 2025 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Patrick went from #59 to #83 while Alexander went from #80 to #22.
Joseph Compare
Between 1952 and 2025 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Patrick went from #59 to #83 while Joseph went from #62 to #33.
Thomas Compare
Between 1952 and 2025 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Patrick went from #59 to #83 while Thomas went from #44 to #13.
Stein
Between 1948 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Patrick went from #315 to #142 while Stein went from #45 to #503.

Moved the same way as Patrick

Edward Compare
Between 1952 and 2025 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Patrick went from #59 to #83 and Edward from #48 to #75.
Alfred
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Patrick went from #2 to #25 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Denis
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Patrick went from #2 to #25 and Denis from #21 to #232.
Francis
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Patrick went from #2 to #25 and Francis from #16 to #309.

Meaning & Origin

From Latin Patricius, meaning 'nobleman, patrician'. Adopted by Saint Patrick (originally named Sucat), a Romanized Briton who Christianized Ireland and became its patron saint.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Latin

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

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Where Patrick is officially recorded

7 official registrars have recorded Patrick, between 1948 and 2025, in 76 of those 78 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1948–2025	70	#67 in 1989
New South Wales, Australia	1952–2025	74	#30 in 1994
New Zealand	1954–2020	64	#45 in 1967
Republic of Ireland	1964–2025	62	#2 in 1964
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#66 in 1996
Northern Ireland	1997–2024	28	#18 in 2003
Scotland	2024	1	#125 in 2024

Its high point came 60 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1964) than in Scotland (2024).

Variants

Pádraig · spelling
Pádraic · spelling

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

Common alternate spellings: Pádraig, Pádraic.

Pronunciation

PAT-rik/ˈpæt.ɹɪk/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Patrick Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Patrick in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

New South Wales, AustraliaEngland and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorwayNew Zealand

Notable Usage

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Patrick

Patrick at a glance

What stands out in Patrick's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Patrick across 6 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Patrick by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Patrick appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Patrick

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Patrick

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Patrick and the names beside it

Patrick moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Patrick

Moved the opposite way to Patrick

Moved the same way as Patrick

Meaning & Origin

Where Patrick is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Patrick Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Patrick at a glance

What stands out in Patrick's record

Patrick across 6 official records

Where the highest position is not the biggest year

Patrick by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Patrick appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Patrick

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Patrick

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside Republic of Ireland lists

Patrick and the names beside it

Patrick moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Patrick

Moved the opposite way to Patrick

Moved the same way as Patrick