How Many People Are Named Paddy?
people named Paddy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,096,839 people in the US has this name
Based on 341 babies named Paddy in Social Security records from 1928 to 2018, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
28 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Irish diminutive of PATRICK.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Paddy, 65.6% were girls and 34.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Paddy alive today is about 70 years old, and 89% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 68 and 84 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Paddy first appears in the records in 1928 and was given most often in 1934, to 28 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2018.
Babies given the name each year, 1928 to 2018
🏆 Rank History
Paddy has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,397, in 1934. Among boys, its best rank was #2,950, in 1948.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,397 (1934) | #2,950 (1948) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,356 in the 1930s | #4,403 in the 1950s |
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