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UK boy's name

Diarmid

Diarmid is a boy's name in the UK records.

We estimate that about 7 living people in the UK are called Diarmid. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.

Key insights

  • • Diarmid ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #334 in 1993.
  • • About 7 living people in the UK are estimated to have Diarmid as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.

Latest rank (E&W)

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Births in -

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Peak year

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Estimated living

7

2026

Geography

Where Diarmid is most common

The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Diarmid. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.

Diarmid ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #334 in 1993.

Scotland
4

Across the UK

Diarmid in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Scotland (NRS)

#334 in 1993

2 years of NRS records, 7 total registered

Notable bearers

Famous people named Diarmid

  • Diarmid Ogilvy

    (born 1970)

    1970-

  • Diarmid Rutherford

    (born 1967)

    1967-

  • Diarmid Campbell Lintott de Burgh-Milne

    (born 1951)

    1951-

  • Diarmid Cecil Brinton Glencairn-Campbell

    (1944-2016)

    1944-2016

  • Diarmid Noel Paton

    physiologist; university teacher; non-fiction writer

    professor of physiology

    1859-1928

Related

Names similar to Diarmid

FAQ

Diarmid: questions and answers

Where is Diarmid most common?

In the latest published local rankings, Diarmid ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #334 in 1993. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.

Which records is this page based on?

The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.