Ormond
Masculine · “east Munster”
Ormond is an old Irish territory whose name passed to an earldom and then across the Atlantic. On the hard sand at Ormond Beach, Florida, in January 1906, Fred Marriott drove the Stanley brothers' steam-powered Rocket faster than anyone had yet traveled on land, setting a world speed record.
How old is the name Ormond?
Ormond first appears in US birth records in 1903 — 122 years ago. The typical Ormond alive today was born around 1927, making them about 98 years old. About 100 people named Ormond are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ormond most popular?
Ormond peaked in 1903, reaching #1130 nationally. See the whole 1903 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Irish Urmhumhain, 'east Munster' to Ormond
The story of Ormond
The Butler family were made earls of Ormond in 1328, and the title carried the old territory's name into English use, written both Ormond and Ormonde over the centuries. The name spread as a surname and a place-name, and in Florida the wide, firm beach at Ormond drew the first generation of motorists, who raced there before there were proper tracks. As an American first name, Ormond follows the surname, and no record shows which of its families first used it that way.
Meaning
east Munster
From Irish Urmhumhain, 'east Munster', the name of a medieval territory centered on what is now north Tipperary.
How the name formed
- Irish Urmhumhain, 'east Munster'
- Ormond, earldom of the Butlers
- Ormond, surname and place
- Ormond as a given name
Related forms: Urmhumhain · Ormonde
Pronouncing Ormond
OR-mund
Two syllables, stressed on the first.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1903
- Most boys named
- 191722 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1130reached in 1903
- Change vs 1999
- +20.0%6 in 2000, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ormond in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Urmhumhain in Irish — same name
- Ormonde in English — spelling variant
Ormonds among us
people named Ormond are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Ormond sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- A documented meaning and a medieval Irish history that can be told in one sentence.
- A place in American motoring history through the speed trials at Ormond Beach.
- Spelled as it sounds, with no silent letters.
- It sits close in sound to Raymond and Edmund, and people may mishear it on first meeting.
- Anyone who knows the Irish titles may add a final e, as in Ormonde; it is an easy correction.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ormonds are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 100 people named Ormond are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ormond in 2025?
- Ormond is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Ormond with classmates?
- Ormond will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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