Thirty years of Patrick
Patrick in numbers
Patrick peaked in 1996 with 1,039 boys and has fallen since, to 375 in 2025. Its biggest three-year fall came between 1996 and 1999, from 1,039 to 847. It ranked 66th in 1996 and ranks 134th now. On average it was given to 946 boys a year in the late 1990s, 642 in the 2000s, 512 in the 2010s and 435 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-17%451 to 375
- 5 years-21%473 to 375
- 10 years-31%543 to 375
- 20 years-42%651 to 375
- Since 1996-64%1,039 to 375
- Total, 1996 to 202517,934boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 134 · ONS · 451 in 2024
Rank 114 · NRS · 39 in 2024
Rank 26 · NISRA · 60 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 134 | 375 | -17% | 1 in 802 |
| 2024 | 120 | 451 | +9% | 1 in 676 |
| 2023 | 130 | 415 | -6% | 1 in 730 |
| 2022 | 126 | 440 | -4% | 1 in 706 |
| 2021 | 125 | 456 | -4% | 1 in 702 |
| 2020 | =117 | 473 | +1% | 1 in 665 |
| 2019 | 120 | 470 | -9% | 1 in 700 |
| 2018 | 115 | 518 | +4% | 1 in 652 |
| 2017 | 120 | 497 | -15% | 1 in 700 |
| 2016 * | 114 | 582 | +7% | 1 in 612 |
| 2015 | =117 | 543 | +1% | 1 in 660 |
| 2014 | =115 | 535 | +12% | 1 in 667 |
| 2013 | 126 | 477 | -2% | 1 in 751 |
| 2012 | 127 | 487 | -4% | 1 in 769 |
| 2011 | 121 | 509 | +2% | 1 in 729 |
| 2010 | 126 | 498 | +1% | 1 in 745 |
| 2009 | 120 | 493 | -1% | 1 in 735 |
| 2008 | 115 | 499 | -12% | 1 in 727 |
| 2007 | 105 | 570 | +2% | 1 in 622 |
| 2006 | 105 | 560 | -14% | 1 in 611 |
| 2005 | 92 | 651 | -1% | 1 in 508 |
| 2004 | 89 | 655 | -12% | 1 in 501 |
| 2003 | 81 | 742 | +7% | 1 in 429 |
| 2002 | 82 | 693 | -11% | 1 in 442 |
| 2001 | 76 | 783 | +1% | 1 in 389 |
| 2000 | 70 | 777 | -8% | 1 in 398 |
| 1999 | 69 | 847 | -10% | 1 in 377 |
| 1998 | 66 | 937 | -3% | 1 in 348 |
| 1997 | 67 | 962 | -7% | 1 in 343 |
| 1996 | 66 | 1,039 | 1 in 321 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate