# Tierney (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tierney/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | “descendant of tiarnach”, “lord”, “master” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,979 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 23 / 3,956 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 563, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Tiarnaigh "descendant of Tiarnach", a diminutive of tiarna (“lord, master”).

## What it means

Tierney 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 89 | 2,155 |
| 2012 | 63 | 2,801 |
| 2013 | 56 | 3,002 |
| 2014 | 64 | 2,737 |
| 2015 | 48 | 3,385 |
| 2016 | 62 | 2,795 |
| 2017 | 49 | 3,297 |
| 2018 | 47 | 3,394 |
| 2019 | 51 | 3,167 |
| 2020 | 47 | 3,332 |
| 2021 | 30 | 4,599 |
| 2022 | 23 | 5,618 |
| 2023 | 34 | 4,267 |
| 2024 | 18 | 6,619 |
| 2025 | 15 | 7,456 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 6,422 |
| 1987 | 5 | 8,040 |
| 1996 | 5 | 10,403 |
| 2006 | 8 | 9,491 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 32 | 840 |
| 2005 | 42 | 718 |
| 2006 | 31 | 928 |
| 2007 | 21 | 1,296 |
| 2008 | 23 | 1,247 |
| 2009 | 19 | 1,467 |
| 2010 | 12 | 2,104 |
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,893 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 12 | 2,203 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |

## 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.