# Dermot (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dermot/  
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 | /ˈdɝmət/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 482 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 482 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 121, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Irish Diarmaid. Doublet of Jeremy.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 10 | 7,249 |
| 2006 | 9 | 8,169 |
| 2007 | 14 | 5,992 |
| 2008 | 10 | 7,836 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11,346 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8,996 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,682 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,075 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,173 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,534 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,308 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11,106 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,110 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,597 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,194 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12 | 1,167 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1,949 |
| 2002 | 11 | 1,322 |
| 2003 | 12 | 1,326 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,304 |
| 2005 | 11 | 1,617 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2,087 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |

## People named Dermot

- Dermot Mulroney, American actor
- Dermot O'Leary, English television presenter
- Dermot Gallagher, English football referee
- Jonathan Spence, British-born historian
- Conor Cruise O'Brien, author, diplomat, politician, historian, journalist, critic

## 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.