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How popular is the name Pat?
Births per year, rank history and how many Pats are alive today.
Pat (male) is a shortened form of the name Patrick. Pat itself was last registered for 3 babies in 2023; most Pats are registered as Patrick, which ranked 134th in 2025 with 375 babies.
Most people called Pat are registered as Patrick, and share that name's profile: the Patrick you are most likely to meet is around 62 years old. Half of all Patricks born in England and Wales are between 40 and 71, and there are at least 110,000 of them alive today. Only some Patricks go by Pat.
How many babies are named Pat or Patrick each year?
Combined registrations of Patrick, Patryk, Pat. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does Patrick rank as a registered name?
Where does Pat rank as a registered name?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
Is Pat short for Patrick?
Yes - Pat is a shortened form of Patrick. Pats are usually registered as Patrick at birth.
When was the name Pat most popular?
The full name Patrick peaked in 1964, when around 3,600 babies in England and Wales were given the name. Pat itself peaked as a registered name in 2021, with 4 babies.
How many people are called Pat?
There's no official count of people who go by Pat, because it's a nickname rather than a registered name. What we can say: at least 110,000 people registered as Patrick born in England and Wales are alive today, and some of them go by Pat.
How old is the typical Pat?
Most people called Pat are registered as Patrick. Most living Patricks are between 40 and 71; the most common age is about 62.
Is Pat becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1964 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.