Cormac

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Irish

Meaning

Cormac is a masculine given name in the Irish and English languages. The name is ancient in the Irish language and is also seen in the rendered Old Norse as Kormákr. Mac is Irish for "son", and can be used as either a prefix or a suffix. The derivation of "cor" is not so clear.

From Wikipedia

Cormac first appears in the data in 1956 and has been recorded in 52 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 196 babies (rank #1,033 that year). In 2024 it was given to 157 boys (rank #1,254). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Cormac

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Cormac yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

3,549
Total babies (all years)
52
Years in the data
196
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19565#4,048
19615#4,183
19625#4,159
19719#3,412
19725#5,119
197311#3,050
19747#4,262
19779#3,904
19789#3,914
197911#3,608
19827#5,119
19835#6,419
19857#5,256
19867#5,441
19876#6,253
198811#4,223
19895#8,111
19906#7,345
19918#6,053
19929#5,732
199317#3,685
199419#3,490
199534#2,305
199648#1,876
199741#2,137
199850#1,934
199937#2,409
200052#1,970
200174#1,602
200267#1,726
200356#2,033
200458#2,056
200572#1,808
200674#1,844
2007102#1,540
2008113#1,453
2009103#1,574
2010126#1,348
2011150#1,180
2012163#1,125
2013169#1,098
2014196#1,033
2015175#1,103
2016170#1,137
2017177#1,099
2018140#1,300
2019141#1,304
2020153#1,225
2021158#1,218
2022152#1,270
2023158#1,238
2024157#1,254