Pat

maleStatistical record

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

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

Pat: Recorded since 1981, its highest recorded position is #322, and it stood at #785 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
44years from first to last
#322highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2017–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2017	#4812
2019	#4702
2021	#3990
2022	#4789
2023	#4991

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 Republic of Ireland in 22 of the 44 years from 1981 to 2024.

In 2023: #660 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #4991 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1981–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1981
First recorded at #322 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1981 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1981–2024
Highest recorded position: #322 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1981 (recorded 1981–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2024.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Pat appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1981, and has registered 78 births with the name.

Pat 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.

Pat'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	#322 (1981)	#322 (1981)	#785 (2024)	22 of 44	78 (1981–2024)	6 (2009)
England and Wales · Boys	#4812 (2017)	#3990 (2021)	#4991 (2023)	5 of 7	16 (2017–2023)	4 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#415 (2017)	#392 (2020)	#392 (2020)	2 of 4	6 (2017–2020)	3 (2017)

Pat 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 Pat in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	6	2 of 10	3
1990s	18	6 of 10	3
2000s	12	3 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	23	6 of 10	4
2020s	19	5 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Pat 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 1981 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #322 in Republic of Ireland in 1981.

Pat'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#339	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	3	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 1981 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #322, first reached in 1981.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2009.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2017, and 36 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.

Paschal · #119, 20y
Pasha · #1609, 28y
Patience · #928, 29y
Patrice · #192, 40y

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.

Cassian · #323, 27y
Corrina · #321, 25y
Finnan · #324, 23y
Kourtney · #324, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

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

Dustin · #322, 18y
Tommaso · #322, 29y
Julien · #321, 31y
Leoni · #320, 32y

Pat was ranked #322 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1981. 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.

Pat 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 Pat without appearing here.

Pat moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #451 and #348 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #472 and #701.
Jon Compare
In 2008 they stood at #451 and #451 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #472 and #701.
Emil Compare
In 2022 they stood at #572 and #509 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #660 and #770.
Graham Compare
In 2022 they stood at #635 and #635 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #660 and #770.

Moved ahead of Pat

Jackson Compare
In 2009 they stood at #472 and #701 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #720 and #322.
Finley Compare
In 2009 they stood at #472 and #532 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #720 and #448.
Carter Compare
In 2009 they stood at #472 and #604 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #720 and #542.
Teddy Compare
In 2009 they stood at #472 and #604 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #720 and #542.

Moved the opposite way to Pat

Adam Compare
Between 1981 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pat went from #322 to #785 while Adam went from #88 to #25.
Alex Compare
Between 1981 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pat went from #322 to #785 while Alex went from #206 to #36.
Alexander Compare
Between 1981 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pat went from #322 to #785 while Alexander went from #133 to #44.
Arthur Compare
Between 1981 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pat went from #322 to #785 while Arthur went from #202 to #47.

Moved the same way as Pat

Adrian Compare
Between 1981 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pat went from #322 to #785 and Adrian from #62 to #200.
Alan Compare
Between 1981 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pat went from #322 to #785 and Alan from #11 to #240.
Alfred Compare
Between 1981 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pat went from #322 to #785 and Alfred from #239 to #430.
Andrew Compare
Between 1981 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Pat went from #322 to #785 and Andrew from #26 to #106.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1981 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #322 in Republic of Ireland in 1981. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Pat

Pat at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Pat across 3 official records

Pat by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Pat at a glance

Pat across 3 official records

Pat by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Pat

Pat and the names beside it

Pat moved ahead of

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