Patrick

What Patrick means

Means “patrician”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Patrick” (revision 94542487), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Patrick?

US: Falling: down from #164 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #117 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1968, when 13,062 boys got the name (#30 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 1,143 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 725 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 446 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AK (5.28 per 1,000 boys), DC (3.56 per 1,000 boys), MA (2.37 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Patrick is #235 in the US and #134 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Patrick were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Patrik0 US · 14 E&W
• Patryk0 US · 6 E&W
• Patric0 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Patrick

Boys

• Timothy#203“to honour + god”^*
• Robert#92“shining glory”^*
• Mark#244Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 58,727 babies; 1,416 in 2025
• Richard#234“king, ruler + hard, brave”^*
• Paul#262“small”^*
• Michael#21“who is like God?”^*

For a sister

• Elizabeth#17“my God is an oath”^*
• Mary#125Same root as Miriam, possibly meaning “bitter”^*
• Sara#198Variant of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”^*
• Rachel#250“ewe”^*
• Sarah#90“masters, princes”^*
• Amy#257“beloved”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Patrick’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.