Paddy

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Paddy: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Paddy: Recorded since 1988, its highest recorded position is #96, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
71times a registrar ranked it
38years from first to last
#96highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#1257
1998	#1110
1999	#1850
2000	#1703
2001	#1135
2002	#2005
2003	#680
2004	#760
2005	#705
2006	#764
2007	#952
2008	#916
2009	#904
2010	#854
2011	#812
2012	#866
2013	#837
2014	#866
2015	#790
2016	#870
2017	#806
2018	#985
2019	#844
2020	#921
2021	#790
2022	#714
2023	#691
2024	#785

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 32 of the 38 years from 1988 to 2025.

In 2024: #102 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #216 among boys in Northern Ireland, #785 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1988–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1988
First recorded at #271 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1988 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1988–2025
Highest recorded position: #96 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 1988–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #99 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Paddy appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 32 years beginning in 1988, and has registered 1,021 births with the name.

Paddy across 3 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.

Paddy'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#271 (1988)	#96 (2023)	#99 (2025)	32 of 38	1,021 (1988–2025)	60 (2022)
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#680 (2003)	#785 (2024)	29 of 29	842 (1996–2024)	50 (2023)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#357 (2007)	#216 (2024)	#216 (2024)	10 of 18	50 (2007–2024)	9 (2024)

Paddy by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Paddy in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	4	1 of 10	4
1990s	29	5 of 10	6
2000s	229	10 of 10	23
2010s	422	10 of 10	42
2020sbusiest	337	6 of 10	56

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 56 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Paddy appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1988 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #96 in Republic of Ireland in 2023.

Paddy's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#785	43	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#691	50	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#714	47	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#790	41	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#921	31	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#844	36	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#985	29	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#806	40	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#870	36	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#790	40	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#866	34	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#837	36	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#866	35	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#812	37	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#854	34	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#904	30	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#916	29	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#952	26	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#764	33	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#705	36	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#760	29	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#680	32	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1135	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1110	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1257	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#216	9	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#234	8	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#259	7	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#328	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#99	58	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#102	55	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#96	60	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#104	60	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#129	49	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#111	55	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#139	44	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#144	42	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#120	53	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	39	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#160	40	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	32	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#143	44	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	41	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	46	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#165	41	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	39	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	26	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#155	39	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#153	34	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#172	24	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	24	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	11	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#212	13	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	10	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	9	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	7	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	8	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#281	5	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1988 and 2025, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #96, first reached in 2023.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 60 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2022.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 19 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.

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Keanu · #96, 30y
Israel · #92, 29y
Cuan · #102, 31y
Eireann · #89, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Kimberly · #97, 43y
Whitney · #94, 30y
Aroha · #99, 5y
Calvin · #99, 42y

Paddy was ranked #96 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2023. 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.

Paddy 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Paddy without appearing here.

Paddy moved ahead of

Nils Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2005 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #760 and #3009.
Anders Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2005 and #1519 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #680 and #2857.
Tayla Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2005 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #680 and #2857.
Herman Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2357 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1110 and #2901.

Moved ahead of Paddy

Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #764 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #952 and #538.
Kasper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #904 and #944 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #854 and #668.
Arlo Compare
In 2005 they stood at #705 and #766 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #764 and #582.
Theodor Compare
In 2015 they stood at #790 and #873 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #870 and #774.

Moved the opposite way to Paddy

Adrian Compare
Between 1988 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Paddy went from #271 to #99 while Adrian went from #68 to #348.
Daithi Compare
Between 1988 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Paddy went from #271 to #99 while Daithi went from #254 to #509.
Denis Compare
Between 1988 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Paddy went from #271 to #99 while Denis went from #71 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1988 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Paddy went from #271 to #99 while Edward went from #50 to #125.

Moved the same way as Paddy

Adam Compare
Between 1988 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Paddy went from #271 to #99 and Adam from #55 to #20.
Alex Compare
Between 1988 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Paddy went from #271 to #99 and Alex from #171 to #37.
Alexander Compare
Between 1988 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Paddy went from #271 to #99 and Alexander from #106 to #55.
Ben Compare
Between 1988 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Paddy went from #271 to #99 and Ben from #152 to #40.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1988 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #96 in Republic of Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Paddy

Paddy at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Paddy across 3 official records

Paddy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Paddy appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Paddy at a glance

Paddy across 3 official records

Paddy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Paddy appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Paddy

Paddy and the names beside it

Paddy moved ahead of

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