Padraig
Pádraig or Pádraic, also Pádhraig or Pádhraic, are Irish male given names deriving from the Latin Patricius, meaning "of the patrician class", introduced via the name of Saint Patrick. The name is often anglicised as its English language equivalent Patrick or phonetically, e.g. Pauric.
Meaning & Origin of Padraig
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Pádraig or Pádraic, also Pádhraig or Pádhraic, are Irish male given names deriving from the Latin Patricius, meaning "of the patrician class", introduced via the name of Saint Patrick. The name is often anglicised as its English language equivalent Patrick or phonetically, e.g. Pauric.
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The Story of Padraig
Padraig first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1982, with 9 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 57 Padraigs were born — ranking #2,287 that year. As of 2026, Padraig ranks #7,407 for baby boys with 9 births, falling sharply (-24%). In total, more than 813 Padraigs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Padraig
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- Liam Pádraic Aiken (born 1990), American actor
- Pádraig Amond (born 1988), Irish footballer
- Pádraig de Brún (1889–1960), Irish clergyman, mathematician and classical scholar
- Pádraig Clancy , Gaelic football player from County Laois in Ireland
- Padraic Colum (1881–1972), author
- Pádraig Phiarais Cúndún (1777–1857), Irish poet
- Pádraic Delaney (born 1977), Irish actor
- Pádraig Duggan (born Pádraig Ó Dúgáin, 1949–2016), Irish musician
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Names that sound like Padraig
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About the name Padraig
Padraig is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 813 births in the dataset. Padraig's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #2,287. Use the chart and map above to compare Padraig's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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