Cormac
Boy · KOR-mak · Irish
Big in ScotlandBig in Northern Ireland
Cormac is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 731st for boys in the UK (53 babies) and 1,297th for boys in the US (150 babies).
What does Cormac mean?
Irish: Old Irish name of uncertain meaning, perhaps with mac, son
Cormac mac Airt is one of the most celebrated legendary High Kings of Ireland.
- Say it
- KOR-mak
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Is Cormac a girl's or a boy's name?
Cormac is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 53 boys in the UK and 150 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cormac in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #731among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 53about 1 in 5,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 53 boys in the UK were named Cormac, making it the 731st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 700th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 142 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Cormac than any year since 1996.
Half of all the boys named Cormac in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,124th in England and Wales, 367th in Scotland and 126th in Northern Ireland.
Cormac in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #731 |
| 2024 | 67 | #622 |
| 2023 | 61 | #650 |
| 2022 | 68 | #606 |
| 2021 | 66 | #626 |
| 2020 | 54 | #700 |
| 2019 | 64 | #630 |
| 2018 | 54 | #705 |
| 2017 | 66 | #624 |
| 2016 | 76 | #564 |
| 2015 | 74 | #573 |
| 2014 | 86 | #511 |
| 2013 | 68 | #582 |
| 2012 | 73 | #558 |
| 2011 | 91 | #465 |
| 2010 | 97 | #438 |
| 2009 | 105 | #411 |
| 2008 | 101 | #409 |
| 2007 | 88 | #443 |
| 2006 | 104 | #370 |
| 2005 | 142 | #266 |
| 2004 | 112 | #312 |
| 2003 | 82 | #359 |
| 2002 | 87 | #336 |
| 2001 | 97 | #315 |
| 2000 | 83 | #352 |
| 1999 | 63 | #397 |
| 1998 | 81 | #340 |
| 1997 | 68 | #384 |
| 1996 | 35 | #543 |
How popular is Cormac in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,297among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 150about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 150 boys in the US were named Cormac, making it the 1,297th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,225th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 196 boys. It first appears in the records in 1956.
2025 had fewer boys named Cormac than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Cormac in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cormac in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 150 | #1,297 |
| 2024 | 157 | #1,256 |
| 2023 | 158 | #1,238 |
| 2022 | 152 | #1,269 |
| 2021 | 158 | #1,218 |
| 2020 | 153 | #1,225 |
| 2019 | 141 | #1,303 |
| 2018 | 140 | #1,299 |
| 2017 | 177 | #1,100 |
| 2016 | 170 | #1,134 |
| 2015 | 175 | #1,103 |
| 2014 | 196 | #1,032 |
| 2013 | 169 | #1,096 |
| 2012 | 163 | #1,124 |
| 2011 | 150 | #1,178 |
| 2010 | 126 | #1,349 |
| 2009 | 103 | #1,572 |
| 2008 | 113 | #1,452 |
| 2007 | 102 | #1,539 |
| 2006 | 74 | #1,840 |
| 2005 | 72 | #1,798 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,047 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,027 |
| 2002 | 67 | #1,720 |
| 2001 | 74 | #1,596 |
| 2000 | 52 | #1,964 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 50 | #1,928 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,123 |
| 1996 | 48 | #1,868 |
| 1995 | 34 | #2,294 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
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