boys:
3.4k births since 1956
#2146 (53rd percentile)
overall:
3.4k births since 1956
#4694 (39th percentile)
The name Cormac is the #4,694 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,392 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 39.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 39.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,146 (53.2% percentile) for all time with 3,392 births since 1956.
Cormac first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (first recorded for boys in 1956). Birth data for Cormac is available in 51 out of the 68 years between 1956 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Cormac reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 20.9% percentile (ranked #715) with 96 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 96 births per million (ranked 20.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Cormac ranks #758 for boys (16.8% percentile) with 86 births per million, which is 90.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cormac".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Cormac. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.7% confident that Cormac is pronounced as KOR-mak, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KOR-muhk, at 46.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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