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How popular is the name Tierney?

Births per year, rank history and how many Tierneys are alive today.

Tierney (female) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2021 (ranked 5581st); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2000, when 54 babies were given the name, the 524th most popular that year.

The Tierney you are most likely to meet is around 27 years old. Half of all Tierneys born in England and Wales are between 20 and 29, and there are at least 700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Tierney - on average, only one in every 450 such rooms contains a Tierney.

How many babies are named Tierney each year?

02040200020201996: 191997: 411998: 461999: 452000: 542001: 402002: 292003: 402004: 322005: 422006: 312007: 212008: 232009: 192010: 122011: 122012: 152013: 32014: 122015: 92019: 42020: 42021: 3actual

Where does Tierney rank among girls' names?

1101001,00010,000200020201996: ranked 1,0311997: ranked 6181998: ranked 5771999: ranked 5902000: ranked 5242001: ranked 6422002: ranked 8222003: ranked 6992004: ranked 8402005: ranked 7182006: ranked 9282007: ranked 1,2962008: ranked 1,2472009: ranked 1,4672010: ranked 2,1042011: ranked 2,1502012: ranked 1,8932013: ranked 5,7422014: ranked 2,2032015: ranked 2,7052019: ranked 4,6862020: ranked 4,5352021: ranked 5,581

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Tierney per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2021, peaking at about 54 in 2000
Tierney: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2021. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Tierney most popular?

Tierney peaked in 2000, when 54 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Tierney?

At least 700 people named Tierney born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Tierney?

Most living Tierneys are between 20 and 29; the most common age is about 27.

Is Tierney becoming more or less popular?

It has faded from the rankings.






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