Dermot

maleStatistical record

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

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

Dermot: Recorded since 1964, it reached #30 in 1972, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
94times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#30highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Dermot's record

Held a top-100 place for 28 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2019

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#2859
1998	#1642
1999	#2943
2000	#1167
2001	#1949
2002	#1322
2003	#1326
2004	#2304
2005	#1617
2006	#2087
2007	#3095
2009	#2837
2011	#4647
2012	#3416
2015	#3908
2017	#3040
2018	#4749
2019	#4702

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 59 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2018: #520 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #4749 among boys in England and Wales.

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

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #34 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: #30 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1972 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dermot appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 59 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 4,809 births with the name.

Dermot 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.

Dermot'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	#34 (1964)	#30 (1972)	#829 (2025)	59 of 62	4,809 (1964–2025)	280 (1972)
England and Wales · Boys	#1591 (1996)	#1167 (2000)	#4702 (2019)	19 of 24	121 (1996–2019)	12 (2000)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#179 (1997)	#150 (1998)	#415 (2017)	16 of 21	79 (1997–2017)	12 (1998)

Dermot 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 Dermot in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	1,198	6 of 10	200
1970sbusiest	2,005	10 of 10	201
1980s	1,085	10 of 10	109
1990s	340	10 of 10	34
2000s	113	10 of 10	11
2010s	56	9 of 10	6
2020s	12	4 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 201 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1972 and 1973, when recorded births fell by 71, from 280 to 209.

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

Dermot 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: #30 in Republic of Ireland in 1972.

Dermot'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
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1617	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1326	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1167	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#235	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#263	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#165	9	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#220	5	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#150	12	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#179	8	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#400	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#366	10	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	12	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	11	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#244	11	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	16	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	10	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#246	9	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	13	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#133	32	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#138	30	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#141	27	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#122	37	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#120	39	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#121	39	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#98	57	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#94	60	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#89	60	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#83	74	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#90	64	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#79	87	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#72	101	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#70	103	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#69	115	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#61	151	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#59	164	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#61	166	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#68	135	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#58	171	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#57	170	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#57	170	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#49	204	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#47	217	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#48	209	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#30	280	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#41	220	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#38	229	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#39	191	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#39	190	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#37	215	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#37	200	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#35	207	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#34	195	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 60 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #30, first reached in 1972.

It held a top-100 place in 28 years, 28 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 280 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1972.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

Derick · #170, 43y
Derin · #1537, 21y
Dermott · #137, 19y
Derrick · #137, 52y

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.

Brendon · #31, 57y
Cathal · #31, 62y
Lorcan · #31, 62y
Colm · #32, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Alexis · #30, 41y
Gareth · #30, 61y
Synne · #30, 61y
Brendon · #31, 57y

Dermot was ranked #30 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1972. 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.

Dermot 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 Dermot without appearing here.

Dermot moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4647 and #4647 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3040 and #4812.
Kim Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2837 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #3416 and #4805.
Morten Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4647 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #4747.
Tayla Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Dermot

Aria Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3040 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2445.
Espen Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3040 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2693.
Tor Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3040 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2693.
Nicola Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3040 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #3013.

Moved the opposite way to Dermot

Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dermot went from #34 to #829 while Benjamin went from #139 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dermot went from #34 to #829 while Conor went from #56 to #16.
Liam Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dermot went from #34 to #829 while Liam went from #54 to #7.
Luke Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dermot went from #34 to #829 while Luke went from #105 to #23.

Moved the same way as Dermot

Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dermot went from #34 to #829 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Bruce Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dermot went from #34 to #829 and Bruce from #204 to #676.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dermot went from #34 to #829 and Denis from #21 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dermot went from #34 to #829 and Edward from #18 to #125.

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: #30 in Republic of Ireland in 1972. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Dermot

Dermot at a glance

What stands out in Dermot's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dermot across 3 official records

Dermot by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dermot appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Dermot and the names beside it

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Dermot at a glance

What stands out in Dermot's record

Dermot across 3 official records

Dermot by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dermot 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 Dermot

Dermot and the names beside it

Dermot moved ahead of

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