How Many People Are Named Patrick?
people named Patrick are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 620 people in the US has this name
Based on 689,424 babies named Patrick in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐ Common
Peak Year
14,750 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Latin name Patricius, which meant "nobleman". This name was adopted in the 5th-century by Saint Patrick, whose birth name was Sucat. He was a Romanized Briton who was captured and enslaved in his youth by Irish raiders. After six years of servitude he escaped home, but he eventually became a bishop and went back to Ireland as a missionary. He is traditionally credited with Christianizing the island, and is regarded as Ireland's patron saint.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Patrick (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Patrick alive today is about 46 years old, and 53% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 33 and 61 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Patrick first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1964, to 14,750 babies. In 2025, 1,495 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Patrick never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #30, in 1964 and 1967 to 1968, and it was in the top 100 in 95 years between 1880 and 2004. In 2025 it ranked #235.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #235 |
| Best rank | #30 (1964 and 1967 to 1968) |
| Years in the top 100 | 95 (1880 to 2004) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #32 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Patrick alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Patrick were born in California than in any other state: about 50,548 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Patrick was given about 1.5 times as often in Alaska, Montana and Vermont.
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