Diarmuid vs Frank

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

• Northern Ireland · Boys

  In 2024, Diarmuid was ranked #404 and Frank #256 among boys in Northern Ireland.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2009, Diarmuid was ranked #4527 and Frank #259 among boys in England and Wales.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys

  In 2025, Diarmuid was ranked #272 and Frank #286 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Diarmuid and Frank over time

Diarmuid and Frank appear together in 3 published lists, across 88 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.

The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Diarmuid reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, Frank in 1. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

List by list

• Republic of Ireland · Boys62 shared years, 1964–2025

  Diarmuid held the stronger position in 60 of those years, Frank in 2.

  Highest recorded here: Diarmuid #77 in 2002, Frank #139 in 1966.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Diarmuid #272, Frank #286.

• Northern Ireland · Boys16 shared years, 2003–2024

  Diarmuid held the stronger position in 7 of those years, Frank in 7.

  Highest recorded here: Diarmuid #143 in 2003, Frank #185 in 2019.

  The order changed in 2022: Frank moved ahead. In 2021 they stood at #193 and #304; by 2022 that had become #311 and #264.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Diarmuid #404, Frank #256.

• England and Wales · Boys10 shared years, 1996–2009

  Diarmuid held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Frank in 10.

  Highest recorded here: Diarmuid #1411 in 2002, Frank #228 in 2006.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2009: Diarmuid #4527, Frank #259.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

Where to go next

Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Side by side

How each name got here