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How popular is the name Patrick?
Births per year, rank history and how many Patricks are alive today.
Patrick (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 134th in 2025 with 375 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1964, when around 3,600 babies were given the name, the 35th most popular that year. It has declined since 1964; the 2025 figure is roughly 10% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 200,000 babies have been named Patrick in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Patrick is one spelling of a name also recorded as Patryk; the combined figures below cover every spelling. Common short forms of Patrick include Paddy.
Across all spellings of the name, 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. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 30% chance that at least one of them will be called Patrick.
How many babies are named Patrick each year?
Includes all spellings: Patrick, Patryk. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Patrick spelling rank?
Where does the Patryk spelling rank?
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
When was the name Patrick most popular?
Patrick peaked in 1964, when around 3,600 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Patrick?
At least 110,000 people named Patrick in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Patrick?
Most living Patricks are between 40 and 71; the most common age is about 62.
Is Patrick 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.