Popularity of the name Patrick, 1880–2025
Patrick was at its most popular in 1968, when 13,062 boys were given the name: about 1 in 130 boys born in the U.S. that year, ranking #30. In 2025, 1,495 boys were named Patrick, ranking #235. In all, Social Security counts 686,590 boys named Patrick since 1880. Social Security’s records also list 2,834 girls named Patrick.
- Peak year
- 1968
- Rank in 1968
- #30
- Babies in 1968
- 13,062
- Rank in 2025
- #235
- Total since 1880
- 686,590
Where it stands now
Over the last ten years it has slipped from #164 in 2015 to #235 in 2025, with 2,535 boys named Patrick in 2015 and 1,495 in 2025.
Decade by decade
Patrick ranked highest in the 1960s, at #32, with 122,717 boys given the name that decade. It ranked #77 in the 1880s and #220 in the 2020s so far.
Every 20 years in the records: 248 in 1880 (#67), 285 in 1900 (#89), 877 in 1920 (#159), 2,883 in 1940 (#74), 10,356 in 1960 (#45), 10,352 in 1980 (#38), 6,297 in 2000 (#68) and 1,867 in 2020 (#205).
Highs and lows
The most boys given the name in a single year was 14,692, in 1964. That is not its peak year: Social Security’s records hold more boys for 1964 than for 1968, so the name’s share of births was smaller. Its best rank in any year was #30, first reached in 1964.
Every year
The table lists every year from 1880 to 2025 in which Social Security recorded at least 5 boys named Patrick, with the name’s rank that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 248 | #67 |
| 1881 | 188 | #75 |
| 1882 | 249 | #70 |
| 1883 | 213 | #75 |
| 1884 | 222 | #78 |
| 1885 | 217 | #77 |
| 1886 | 249 | #72 |
| 1887 | 218 | #76 |
| 1888 | 245 | #81 |
| 1889 | 236 | #74 |
| 1890 | 227 | #75 |
| 1891 | 212 | #77 |
| 1892 | 234 | #86 |
| 1893 | 234 | #79 |
| 1894 | 229 | #85 |
| 1895 | 233 | #82 |
| 1896 | 214 | #93 |
| 1897 | 210 | #87 |
| 1898 | 219 | #93 |
| 1899 | 221 | #86 |
| 1900 | 285 | #89 |
| 1901 | 181 | #93 |
| 1902 | 203 | #98 |
| 1903 | 210 | #92 |
| 1904 | 226 | #97 |
| 1905 | 193 | #110 |
| 1906 | 213 | #100 |
| 1907 | 215 | #111 |
| 1908 | 216 | #120 |
| 1909 | 199 | #135 |
| 1910 | 254 | #129 |
| 1911 | 272 | #127 |
| 1912 | 430 | #144 |
| 1913 | 502 | #148 |
| 1914 | 633 | #149 |
| 1915 | 704 | #164 |
| 1916 | 802 | #154 |
| 1917 | 836 | #154 |
| 1918 | 871 | #160 |
| 1919 | 816 | #166 |
| 1920 | 877 | #159 |
| 1921 | 1,001 | #151 |
| 1922 | 1,019 | #152 |
| 1923 | 1,055 | #147 |
| 1924 | 1,121 | #147 |
| 1925 | 1,153 | #143 |
| 1926 | 1,219 | #141 |
| 1927 | 1,253 | #140 |
| 1928 | 1,320 | #131 |
| 1929 | 1,442 | #120 |
| 1930 | 1,532 | #118 |
| 1931 | 1,569 | #111 |
| 1932 | 1,579 | #114 |
| 1933 | 1,573 | #110 |
| 1934 | 1,704 | #109 |
| 1935 | 1,665 | #112 |
| 1936 | 1,856 | #100 |
| 1937 | 2,090 | #94 |
| 1938 | 2,292 | #88 |
| 1939 | 2,530 | #79 |
| 1940 | 2,883 | #74 |
| 1941 | 3,155 | #70 |
| 1942 | 3,804 | #64 |
| 1943 | 3,848 | #69 |
| 1944 | 3,881 | #64 |
| 1945 | 3,854 | #63 |
| 1946 | 5,305 | #59 |
| 1947 | 6,622 | #53 |
| 1948 | 7,192 | #48 |
| 1949 | 8,075 | #39 |
| 1950 | 8,179 | #38 |
| 1951 | 8,751 | #39 |
| 1952 | 9,175 | #37 |
| 1953 | 9,468 | #39 |
| 1954 | 9,927 | #38 |
| 1955 | 9,869 | #41 |
| 1956 | 10,326 | #40 |
| 1957 | 10,353 | #41 |
| 1958 | 10,247 | #42 |
| 1959 | 10,556 | #43 |
| 1960 | 10,356 | #45 |
| 1961 | 11,052 | #39 |
| 1962 | 10,499 | #40 |
| 1963 | 12,071 | #35 |
| 1964 | 14,692 | #30 |
| 1965 | 12,929 | #31 |
| 1966 | 12,405 | #31 |
| 1967 | 12,976 | #30 |
| 1968 | 13,062 | #30 |
| 1969 | 12,675 | #31 |
| 1970 | 11,730 | #33 |
| 1971 | 10,808 | #35 |
| 1972 | 9,276 | #35 |
| 1973 | 8,480 | #37 |
| 1974 | 8,137 | #38 |
| 1975 | 8,053 | #39 |
| 1976 | 7,642 | #41 |
| 1977 | 8,305 | #40 |
| 1978 | 8,830 | #42 |
| 1979 | 9,979 | #39 |
| 1980 | 10,352 | #38 |
| 1981 | 10,384 | #38 |
| 1982 | 10,695 | #37 |
| 1983 | 10,876 | #37 |
| 1984 | 11,524 | #36 |
| 1985 | 11,638 | #37 |
| 1986 | 11,410 | #39 |
| 1987 | 11,142 | #41 |
| 1988 | 11,400 | #42 |
| 1989 | 11,987 | #38 |
| 1990 | 12,377 | #36 |
| 1991 | 12,412 | #35 |
| 1992 | 11,409 | #39 |
| 1993 | 9,857 | #43 |
| 1994 | 9,337 | #42 |
| 1995 | 8,674 | #43 |
| 1996 | 8,194 | #44 |
| 1997 | 7,490 | #50 |
| 1998 | 6,734 | #57 |
| 1999 | 6,447 | #63 |
| 2000 | 6,297 | #68 |
| 2001 | 5,786 | #72 |
| 2002 | 5,153 | #79 |
| 2003 | 4,789 | #91 |
| 2004 | 4,441 | #100 |
| 2005 | 4,044 | #108 |
| 2006 | 3,947 | #110 |
| 2007 | 3,736 | #116 |
| 2008 | 3,339 | #127 |
| 2009 | 3,250 | #129 |
| 2010 | 3,139 | #129 |
| 2011 | 2,868 | #143 |
| 2012 | 2,823 | #140 |
| 2013 | 2,598 | #154 |
| 2014 | 2,680 | #152 |
| 2015 | 2,535 | #164 |
| 2016 | 2,360 | #170 |
| 2017 | 2,304 | #171 |
| 2018 | 2,124 | #189 |
| 2019 | 1,881 | #207 |
| 2020 | 1,867 | #205 |
| 2021 | 1,791 | #212 |
| 2022 | 1,717 | #218 |
| 2023 | 1,601 | #224 |
| 2024 | 1,630 | #221 |
| 2025 | 1,495 | #235 |
How these numbers are counted
Social Security publishes, for every year since 1880, how many babies of each sex were given each name, counting any name given to at least 5. A name’s rank is its place that year among names for the same sex, by number of babies. Names with the same count share a rank here, while Social Security’s own lists break ties alphabetically, so a rank can differ from theirs by a place or two. A name’s share is the number of babies given it divided by all babies of that sex in the data that year, and its peak is the year that share was highest. Shares rather than counts set the peak, because far more babies were born in some years than others: counting babies alone would pull nearly every name’s peak toward the 1946–1964 baby boom.
Source: the U.S. Social Security Administration’s national baby name data, from Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S. A name is left out of a year when fewer than 5 babies of one sex got it, and counts before about 1937 are incomplete, because many people born then never applied for a card. See how Baby Boom builds its data. Figures may contain errors.