Diarmuid vs Noel

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.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys

  In 2025, Diarmuid was ranked #272 and Noel #402 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

• Northern Ireland · Boys

  In 2022, Diarmuid was ranked #311 and Noel #414 among boys in Northern Ireland.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2009, Diarmuid was ranked #4527 and Noel #544 among boys in England and Wales.

Diarmuid and Noel over time

Diarmuid and Noel appear together in 3 published lists, across 94 years of shared records. Noel held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Diarmuid in 1.

The order between them changed and held in 2 of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Noel reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, Diarmuid 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 30 of those years, Noel in 32.

  Highest recorded here: Diarmuid #77 in 2002, Noel #19 in 1966.

  The order changed in 2023: Diarmuid moved ahead. In 2022 they stood at #262 and #239; by 2023 that had become #288 and #343.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Diarmuid #272, Noel #402.

• Northern Ireland · Boys22 shared years, 1997–2022

  Diarmuid held the stronger position in 13 of those years, Noel in 6.

  Highest recorded here: Diarmuid #143 in 2003, Noel #168 in 1999.

  The order changed in 2020: Diarmuid moved ahead. In 2019 they stood at #418 and #312; by 2020 that had become #193 and #392.

  Most recent shared year, 2022: Diarmuid #311, Noel #414.

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

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

  Highest recorded here: Diarmuid #1411 in 2002, Noel #469 in 2006.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2009: Diarmuid #4527, Noel #544.

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.

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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