NameTides

Diarmuid

Diarmuid was the #272 boys' name in Ireland in 2025 (16 babies).

Diarmuid as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Diarmuid as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Ireland
Diarmuid as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIreland
2025————#272 (16)
2024———#404 (3)#275 (15)
2023———#348 (4)#288 (15)
2022———#311 (5)#262 (18)
2021————#164 (33)
2020———#193 (10)#240 (20)
2019———#418 (3)#202 (26)
2018———#283 (6)#163 (36)
2017———#318 (5)#133 (47)
2016————#162 (38)
2015————#130 (47)
2014———#398 (3)#171 (37)
2013#10,728 (6)——#343 (4)#161 (40)
2012————#148 (47)
2011——#648 (3)#311 (4)#143 (49)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2005 at #77.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the Ireland records since the data begins in 1964.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,500 baby boys in the published Ireland list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Diarmuid is likely to keep falling in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 2,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 3,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.