How Many People Are Named Tierney?
people named Tierney are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 88,066 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,979 babies named Tierney in Social Security records from 1957 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
172 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Anglicized form of TIGHEARNACH. In part, it is from a surname derived from the given name.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Tierney, 99.4% were girls and 0.6% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tierney alive today is about 28 years old, and 53% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tierney first appears in the records in 1957 and was given most often in 1993, to 172 babies. In 2025, 15 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1957 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Tierney has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,060, in 1993. In 2025 it ranked #7,454.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,454 |
| Best rank | #1,060 (1993) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,395 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tierney alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tierney were born in California than in any other state: about 200 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tierney was given 6 times as often in Tennessee, 2.9 times in Pennsylvania and 1.7 times in New York.
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