Diarmaid

maleStatistical record

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

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

Diarmaid: Recorded since 1965, it reached #142 in 1985, and it stood at #785 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
53times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#142highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among boys in England and Wales · 2002

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#2254

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 50 of the 60 years from 1965 to 2024.

In 2002: #393 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2254 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1965–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #222 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1965–2024
Highest recorded position: #142 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1985 (recorded 1965–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2024.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Diarmaid appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 50 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 577 births with the name.

Diarmaid across 2 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.

Diarmaid'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	#222 (1965)	#142 (1985)	#785 (2024)	50 of 60	577 (1965–2024)	26 (1990)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#221 (1998)	#218 (2001)	#218 (2001)	2 of 4	10 (1998–2001)	5 (1998)

Diarmaid 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 Diarmaid in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	11	3 of 10	4
1970s	83	9 of 10	9
1980sbusiest	203	10 of 10	20
1990s	155	9 of 10	17
2000s	72	9 of 10	8
2010s	42	7 of 10	6
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

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

Diarmaid 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 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #142 in Republic of Ireland in 1985.

Diarmaid'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
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#218	5	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#221	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#428	8	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#366	10	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#346	11	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	11	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	10	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	7	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#209	12	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#180	16	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#168	16	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#143	25	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#160	21	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	17	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#162	18	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#148	26	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#151	22	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#154	18	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	20	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#158	18	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#142	25	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#156	18	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#143	25	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#144	25	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	17	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	15	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#173	16	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	12	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	14	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	6	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	7	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	6	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	5	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#270	4	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	4	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 1965 and 2024, ranked in 50 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #142, first reached in 1985.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1990.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 37 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.

Dianne · #14, 48y
Diar · #2088, 16y
Diarmuid · #77, 62y
Didrik · #115, 60y

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.

Clifford · #142, 51y
Meadhbh · #142, 47y
Beata · #141, 49y
Lindsey · #144, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Clifford · #142, 51y
Peadar · #142, 61y
Beata · #141, 49y
Joyce · #144, 62y

Diarmaid was ranked #142 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1985. 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.

Diarmaid 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 Diarmaid without appearing here.

Diarmaid moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2002 they stood at #393 and #348 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #305 and #423.
Ashley Compare
In 2019 they stood at #764 and #764 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2020 that had become #556 and #637.
Rodney Compare
In 1979 they stood at #269 and #228 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1980 that had become #184 and #264.
Florence Compare
In 1980 they stood at #269 and #245 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1981 that had become #170 and #246.

Moved ahead of Diarmaid

Albie Compare
In 2017 they stood at #428 and #609 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #749 and #471.
Markus Compare
In 2018 they stood at #554 and #699 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #764 and #506.
Jesse Compare
In 2013 they stood at #430 and #500 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #428 and #208.
Lachlan Compare
In 2014 they stood at #428 and #468 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #554 and #355.

Moved the opposite way to Diarmaid

Aaron Compare
Between 1965 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Diarmaid went from #222 to #785 while Aaron went from #222 to #79.
Adam Compare
Between 1965 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Diarmaid went from #222 to #785 while Adam went from #157 to #25.
Alexander Compare
Between 1965 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Diarmaid went from #222 to #785 while Alexander went from #115 to #44.
Arthur Compare
Between 1965 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Diarmaid went from #222 to #785 while Arthur went from #91 to #47.

Moved the same way as Diarmaid

Adrian Compare
Between 1965 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Diarmaid went from #222 to #785 and Adrian from #62 to #200.
Alan Compare
Between 1965 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Diarmaid went from #222 to #785 and Alan from #27 to #240.
Alfred Compare
Between 1965 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Diarmaid went from #222 to #785 and Alfred from #167 to #430.
Andrew Compare
Between 1965 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Diarmaid went from #222 to #785 and Andrew from #32 to #106.

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 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #142 in Republic of Ireland in 1985. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Diarmaid

Diarmaid at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Diarmaid across 2 official records

Diarmaid by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Diarmaid appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Diarmaid

Diarmaid and the names beside it

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Diarmaid at a glance

Diarmaid across 2 official records

Diarmaid by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Diarmaid 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 Diarmaid

Diarmaid and the names beside it

Diarmaid moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Diarmaid

Moved the opposite way to Diarmaid

Moved the same way as Diarmaid