Given name
Padraig
“a nobleman; patrician”
Padraig is a variant of Paddy. In Irish use, Paddy carries the interpretation “a nobleman; patrician.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Padraig is a variant of Paddy. In Irish use, Paddy carries the interpretation “a nobleman; patrician.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Padraig through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 802
- 802 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 57 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,416 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −44%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,416 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 44.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 57 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 893 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Padraig’s family of names
Padraig shares a linguistic root with Pádraig. Padraig has a related form in Paddy.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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