Patrick: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced PAT-rik · 2 syllables

Patrick means “patrician”, from English and Latin and Irish.

From Middle English Patrick, from Latin Patricius (“patrician”), the name of an early Irish saint. Doublet of Paddy.

How popular is Patrick?

Patrick was the #235 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,495 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 39% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1960.

Babies named Patrick in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1960).

Half of US adults named Patrick are older than 50; most are between 24 and 77. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Patrick have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Patrick means “patrician”. It comes from English and Latin and Irish.

Patrick is pronounced PAT-rik.

Patrick was the #235 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,495 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 39% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1960.

Half of US adults named Patrick are older than 50. Most are between 24 and 77.