Paddy Popularity by Year
Follow Paddy across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Paddy birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Boys | 7 | #9,670 | Up 974 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 6 | #10,644 | Up 828 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 5 | #11,472 | Down 7,935 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 6 | #3,537 | Up 501 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 5 | #4,038 | Down 1,001 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 8 | #3,037 | Up 220 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 5 | #6,245 | Down 1,709 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 7 | #3,257 | Up 570 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 8 | #4,536 | Down 965 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 11 | #3,571 | Up 2,182 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 5 | #3,827 | Down 732 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 5 | #5,753 | Down 1,527 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 8 | #4,226 | Down 512 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 7 | #3,095 | Down 307 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 9 | #3,714 | Down 479 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 11 | #3,235 | Up 1,000 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 7 | #4,235 | Down 529 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 8 | #2,788 | Up 385 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 9 | #3,706 | Down 41 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 6 | #3,173 | Down 344 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 8 | #3,665 | Down 1,249 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 14 | #2,416 | Up 2,004 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 5 | #4,420 | Down 1,457 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 9 | #2,963 | Up 466 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 7 | #2,829 | Up 689 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 7 | #3,429 | Up 21 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 7 | #3,450 | Down 1,133 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 5 | #3,518 | Up 483 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 13 | #2,317 | Down 626 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 20 | #1,691 | Up 315 places |
| 1935 | Girls | 16 | #2,006 | Down 634 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 28 | #1,372 | Up 98 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 25 | #1,470 | Up 1,804 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 8 | #3,274 | Up 1,057 places |
| 1931 | Girls | 5 | #4,331 | Up 239 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 5 | #4,001 | Down 442 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 6 | #3,559 | — |
| 1929 | Girls | 5 | #4,570 | Up 155 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 5 | #4,725 | — |