Patrick
The 2025 national count puts Patrick at #235, with the crowd thinning around it. Its record runs from 1880 through a 1964 peak, 686,590 children in all.
What Patrick carries
Patrick · Latin
“noble”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Patrick’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Patrick, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Patrick since 1880
Patrick peaked in 1964 at #30; #235 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Patrick is most common
The state that gives Patrick most often, per boys born there, is Alaska (0.53% in 2025); District of Columbia and Massachusetts are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Patrick
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Diana
#244 in 2025 · Latin
Alan
#191 in 2025 · Latin
Vincent
#107 in 2025 · Latin
Mark
#245 in 2025 · Latin
Timothy
#203 in 2025 · Latin
Valerie
#127 in 2025 · Latin
Justin
#233 in 2025 · Latin
Gracie
#227 in 2025 · Latin
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About Patrick
Where does Patrick rank right now?
The 2025 national count puts Patrick at #235, with the crowd thinning around it. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What is the recorded meaning of Patrick?
“noble” is the meaning our source sets down, of Latin origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Patrick?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Diana sits closest, with Alan and Vincent just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
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