Diarmuid

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Diarmuid: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Diarmuid: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #77 in 2002, and it stood at #272 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
96times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#77highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Diarmuid's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2009

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1998	#2901
1999	#2943
2001	#3134
2002	#1411
2003	#2470
2004	#2578
2006	#2538
2008	#2775
2009	#4527

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #275 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #404 among boys in Northern Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #109 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #77 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2002 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #272 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Diarmuid appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 62 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 3,235 births with the name.

Diarmuid across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Diarmuid's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#109 (1964)	#77 (2002)	#272 (2025)	62 of 62	3,235 (1964–2025)	85 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#179 (1997)	#143 (2003)	#404 (2024)	24 of 28	176 (1997–2024)	14 (2003)
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#1411 (2002)	#4527 (2009)	10 of 14	47 (1996–2009)	10 (2002)

Diarmuid by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Diarmuid in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	232	6 of 10	39
1970s	579	10 of 10	58
1980s	643	10 of 10	64
1990s	541	10 of 10	54
2000sbusiest	689	10 of 10	69
2010s	434	10 of 10	43
2020s	117	6 of 10	20

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 69 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2008 and 2009, when recorded births fell by 37, from 80 to 43.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Diarmuid appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #77 in Republic of Ireland in 2005.

Diarmuid's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#348	4	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#193	10	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#283	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#318	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#343	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#211	10	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#293	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#291	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#236	7	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#180	11	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#178	11	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#175	10	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#143	14	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#186	7	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#144	12	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#147	11	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#152	11	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#190	7	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#179	8	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	16	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	15	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	15	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#262	18	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#164	33	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#240	20	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#202	26	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	36	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#133	47	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#162	38	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#130	47	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#171	37	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	40	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#148	47	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#143	49	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#110	67	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	43	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#97	80	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#82	85	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#91	69	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#77	84	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#87	68	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#97	56	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#77	75	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#83	67	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#84	62	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#94	51	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#101	41	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#103	49	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#91	63	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#98	55	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#94	58	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#87	70	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#104	52	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#108	46	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#97	56	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#103	46	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#89	59	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#84	68	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#87	69	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#95	59	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#91	63	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#83	74	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#85	75	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#99	61	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#95	69	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#110	51	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#108	58	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#91	72	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#102	62	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#105	52	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#101	57	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#105	49	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#94	69	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#96	68	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#105	41	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#111	31	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#91	49	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#93	42	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#91	46	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#94	39	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#109	25	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #77, first reached in 2002.

It held a top-100 place in 31 years, 10 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 85 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2007.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Diego · #279, 45y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Mikael · #78, 67y
Grzegorz · #79, 60y
Adrienne · #74, 63y
Daragh · #80, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Adeline · #77, 45y
Conall · #77, 60y
Edmond · #77, 60y
Karyn · #77, 24y

Diarmuid was ranked #77 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2002. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Diarmuid and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Diarmuid without appearing here.

Diarmuid moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2578 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2538 and #4052.
Malin Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2470 and #2189 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2578 and #3651.
Ciaran Compare
In 2017 they stood at #133 and #78 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #163 and #520.
Noel Compare
In 2019 they stood at #418 and #312 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #193 and #392.

Moved ahead of Diarmuid

Hudson Compare
In 2013 they stood at #343 and #398 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #398 and #228.
Oskar Compare
In 2018 they stood at #283 and #319 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #418 and #254.
Tommy Compare
In 2010 they stood at #211 and #267 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #311 and #149.
Hayden Compare
In 2007 they stood at #236 and #276 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #291 and #132.

Moved the opposite way to Diarmuid

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Diarmuid went from #109 to #272 while Alexander went from #116 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Diarmuid went from #109 to #272 while Benjamin went from #139 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Diarmuid went from #109 to #272 while Conor went from #56 to #16.
Liam Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Diarmuid went from #109 to #272 while Liam went from #54 to #7.

Moved the same way as Diarmuid

Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Diarmuid went from #109 to #272 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Diarmuid went from #109 to #272 and Denis from #21 to #232.
Frank Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Diarmuid went from #109 to #272 and Frank from #164 to #286.
George Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Diarmuid went from #109 to #272 and George from #52 to #112.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #77 in Republic of Ireland in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Diarmuid

Diarmuid at a glance

What stands out in Diarmuid's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Diarmuid across 3 official records

Diarmuid by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Diarmuid appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Diarmuid and the names beside it

Diarmuid moved ahead of

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Diarmuid at a glance

What stands out in Diarmuid's record

Diarmuid across 3 official records

Diarmuid by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Diarmuid appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Diarmuid

Diarmuid and the names beside it

Diarmuid moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Diarmuid

Moved the opposite way to Diarmuid

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