first name
PATRICK
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 551,884 people named Patrick, 81.2% reported their origin as White, 8.1% as Black and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Patrick peaked in 1964, when 14,750 babies got the name.
At least 689,424 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Patrick by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #64. The largest share of babies named Patrick, 26.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Patrick is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Patrick has been most common in Alaska (1.9×), Hawaii (1.6×), and Montana (1.6×), and least common in Utah (0.56×).
679,448 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Patrick
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Patrick, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Patrick ranks #575 of 156,621, with 57,411 people. See Patrick as a last name
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