# Tiernan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tiernan/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | “lord” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,676 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,481 / 195 (12% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 384, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Irish Tiarnán, from Tiarna (“lord”).

## What it means

Tiernan is grouped under god.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 11 | 9,845 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10,863 |
| 2006 | 11 | 10,559 |
| 2007 | 5 | 20,327 |
| 2008 | 12 | 10,032 |
| 2009 | 10 | 11,396 |
| 2010 | 5 | 19,606 |
| 2011 | 7 | 14,724 |
| 2012 | 5 | 19,312 |
| 2013 | 5 | 19,063 |
| 2014 | 5 | 18,989 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,881 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,645 |
| 2017 | 5 | 18,223 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,922 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 73 | 1,923 |
| 2012 | 56 | 2,320 |
| 2013 | 53 | 2,397 |
| 2014 | 49 | 2,540 |
| 2015 | 46 | 2,678 |
| 2016 | 36 | 3,220 |
| 2017 | 26 | 4,096 |
| 2018 | 28 | 3,876 |
| 2019 | 24 | 4,320 |
| 2020 | 20 | 4,843 |
| 2021 | 32 | 3,573 |
| 2022 | 38 | 3,207 |
| 2023 | 35 | 3,408 |
| 2024 | 26 | 4,185 |
| 2025 | 29 | 3,840 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,669 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,329 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,407 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## 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.