Patrick
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning of noble birth; patrician.
How Patrick has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #164 |
| 2016 | #170 |
| 2017 | #171 |
| 2018 | #189 |
| 2019 | #207 |
| 2020 | #206 |
| 2021 | #214 |
| 2022 | #218 |
| 2023 | #224 |
| 2024 | #221 |
| 2025 | #235 |
Patrick by the numbers
In 2025, 375 babies in England and Wales were named Patrick. In the US, 2,283 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 14,702 babies in 1964, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1965, about 1 in 150 American boys born that year was called Patrick.
Names that come from Patrick
Forms of Patrick in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Paddynoble; a diminutive of Patrick49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Padraignoble; patrician; irish form of Patrick8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fitzpatrickson of Patrick9 in the US (2017)
- Padraicnoble; Irish form of Patrick6 in the US (2017)
- Pattersonson of Patrick; patronymic surname5 in the US (2017)
- Patrick-Jamesnoble and supplanter; compound of Patrick and James4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Patnoble; diminutive of Patricia or Patrick
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Patrick. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Patrikof noble birth; a form of Patrick14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Patricof noble birth; a form of Patrick4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Patriceof noble birth; a form of Patrick3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Patricioof noble birth; a form of Patrick75 in the US (2017)
- Patrykof noble birth; a form of Patrick6 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean nobility
Like Patrick, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Nolanchampion, descendant of the noble one5,403 in the US (2017)
- Aryanoble; honorable; aryan2,201 in the US (2017)
- Bryanhigh, noble; a form of Brian1,827 in the US (2017)
- Brianhigh, noble1,763 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Patrick
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