Tadgh

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Tadgh: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Tadgh: Recorded since 1969, it reached #90 in 2022, and it stood at #130 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
77times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#90highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1998	#2074
1999	#2943
2000	#3036
2002	#2254
2003	#2857
2004	#3009
2006	#4052
2008	#4432
2009	#3744
2010	#4678
2014	#4632
2015	#3373
2016	#4810
2017	#2734
2018	#2259
2019	#3013
2020	#2404
2021	#3990
2022	#2165
2023	#3523
2024	#3688

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 55 of the 57 years from 1969 to 2025.

In 2024: #111 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3688 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1969–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #291 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1969–2025
Highest recorded position: #90 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2022 (recorded 1969–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #130 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Tadgh appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 55 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 1,376 births with the name.

Tadgh across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Tadgh's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#291 (1969)	#90 (2022)	#130 (2025)	55 of 57	1,376 (1969–2025)	69 (2022)
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#2074 (1998)	#3688 (2024)	22 of 29	106 (1996–2024)	10 (2022)

Tadgh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Tadgh in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	3	1 of 10	3
1970s	77	9 of 10	9
1980s	74	9 of 10	8
1990s	120	10 of 10	12
2000s	330	10 of 10	33
2010s	441	10 of 10	44
2020sbusiest	331	6 of 10	55

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 55 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2022 and 2023, when recorded births fell by 27, from 69 to 42.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Tadgh appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #90 in Republic of Ireland in 2022.

Tadgh's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#130	42	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#111	50	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#133	42	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#90	69	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#92	68	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#101	60	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#101	66	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#125	50	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#145	42	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#110	63	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#145	44	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	33	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#252	21	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#169	40	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	40	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	42	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	43	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#182	34	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	40	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	39	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#141	35	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#143	31	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#138	30	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	25	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#131	32	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#158	21	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#189	13	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#128	28	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#224	11	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	13	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	10	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	9	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#170	17	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	8	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	8	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	8	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#230	7	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	11	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	12	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	11	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#228	8	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#264	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	6	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#194	12	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#225	8	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	12	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#227	8	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	6	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	8	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#291	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1969 and 2025, ranked in 55 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #90, first reached in 2022.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 69 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2022.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 27 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Tadeusz · #194, 51y
Tadg · #232, 11y
Tadhg · #6, 59y
Tafara · #2400, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Cyril · #91, 56y
Niklas · #86, 57y
Bartholomew · #81, 59y
Doireann · #99, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Dearbhla · #90, 57y
Finbar · #90, 61y
Cyril · #91, 56y
Leona · #91, 61y

Tadgh was ranked #90 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2022. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Tadgh and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Tadgh without appearing here.

Tadgh moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4810 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2259 and #4749.
Herman Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4632 and #3895 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2259 and #4749.
Brent Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4810 and #4810 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2734 and #4812.
Brooke Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #2734 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Tadgh

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #1461.
Gustav Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #2325.
Hudson Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2074 and #2419 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #2943 and #1850.
Harald Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #3254.

Moved the opposite way to Tadgh

Adrian Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tadgh went from #291 to #130 while Adrian went from #48 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tadgh went from #291 to #130 while Alan went from #15 to #232.
Andrew Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tadgh went from #291 to #130 while Andrew went from #36 to #106.
Anthony Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tadgh went from #291 to #130 while Anthony went from #13 to #135.

Moved the same way as Tadgh

Arthur Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tadgh went from #291 to #130 and Arthur from #115 to #57.
Cian Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tadgh went from #291 to #130 and Cian from #196 to #33.
Dylan Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tadgh went from #291 to #130 and Dylan from #246 to #69.
Evan Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tadgh went from #291 to #130 and Evan from #291 to #80.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #90 in Republic of Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tadgh

Tadgh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tadgh across 2 official records

Tadgh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Tadgh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Tadgh

Tadgh and the names beside it

Tadgh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tadgh

Moved the opposite way to Tadgh

Moved the same way as Tadgh

Tadgh at a glance

Tadgh across 2 official records

Tadgh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Tadgh appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Tadgh

Tadgh and the names beside it

Tadgh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tadgh

Moved the opposite way to Tadgh

Moved the same way as Tadgh