# Cormac (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cormac/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,698 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,698 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 925, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Irish, from Old Irish Cormac.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 150 | 1,180 |
| 2012 | 163 | 1,125 |
| 2013 | 169 | 1,098 |
| 2014 | 196 | 1,033 |
| 2015 | 175 | 1,103 |
| 2016 | 170 | 1,138 |
| 2017 | 177 | 1,100 |
| 2018 | 140 | 1,301 |
| 2019 | 141 | 1,304 |
| 2020 | 153 | 1,227 |
| 2021 | 158 | 1,219 |
| 2022 | 152 | 1,271 |
| 2023 | 158 | 1,238 |
| 2024 | 157 | 1,256 |
| 2025 | 150 | 1,298 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 1,045 |
| 2012 | 28 | 998 |
| 2013 | 23 | 1,116 |
| 2014 | 39 | 797 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 29 | 994 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,210 |
| 2018 | 22 | 1,194 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1,030 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,314 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,078 |
| 2022 | 27 | 1,058 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,207 |
| 2024 | 26 | 1,108 |
| 2025 | 26 | 1,124 |

## In other languages

- Icelandic: Kormákur
- Irish: Cormac

## People named Cormac

- Cormac McCarthy, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
- Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Catholic cardinal (1932-2017)
- Cormac Ryan, American basketball player (born 1998)
- Max Christie, American basketball player (born 2003)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.