Tiarnan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Tiarnan: Recorded since 1987, it reached #62 in 2000, and it stood at #577 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
80times a registrar ranked it
39years from first to last
#62highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1104
1997	#1761
1998	#1821
1999	#1027
2000	#2501
2001	#3134
2002	#2636
2003	#2470
2004	#2304
2006	#4052
2007	#3589
2008	#3687
2010	#3865
2013	#4685
2017	#3040
2023	#4107

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 35 of the 39 years from 1987 to 2025.

In 2024: #125 among boys in Northern Ireland, #619 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1987–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1987
First recorded at #272 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1987 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #62 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2000 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Tiarnan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 35 years beginning in 1987, and has registered 441 births with the name.

Tiarnan across 3 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.

Tiarnan'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	#272 (1987)	#180 (2007)	#577 (2025)	35 of 39	441 (1987–2025)	31 (2016)
England and Wales · Boys	#1104 (1996)	#1027 (1999)	#4107 (2023)	16 of 28	88 (1996–2023)	14 (1999)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#78 (1997)	#62 (2000)	#125 (2024)	28 of 28	677 (1997–2024)	48 (2001)

Tiarnan 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 Tiarnan in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	7	2 of 10	4
1990s	78	9 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	166	10 of 10	17
2010s	170	10 of 10	17
2020s	20	4 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

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

Tiarnan 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 4 regions, from 1987 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #62 in Northern Ireland in 2000.

Tiarnan'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1027	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1104	12	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#125	17	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#169	13	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#163	13	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#143	17	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#193	10	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#146	17	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#128	19	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#165	15	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#151	18	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#201	11	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#175	14	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#153	17	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#161	16	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#168	15	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#142	20	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#191	12	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#125	24	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#118	26	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#89	33	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#82	36	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#103	26	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#91	29	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#75	38	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#63	48	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#62	46	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#67	45	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#71	43	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#78	39	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#438	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	10	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#240	22	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	31	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#210	26	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	12	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	18	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	16	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	13	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#301	14	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	21	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#231	22	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#180	28	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#197	22	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	16	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	15	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	11	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	10	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	11	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	10	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#197	12	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	7	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#209	12	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	15	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	6	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#255	6	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	8	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1987 and 2025, ranked in 37 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #62, first reached in 2000.

It held a top-100 place in 9 years, 7 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 48 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2001.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 37 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.

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Tiegan · #199, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Romy · #63, 32y
Rhiannon · #65, 38y
Zach · #65, 32y
Alisha · #57, 39y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Cole · #62, 31y
Elliot · #61, 38y
Krystal · #63, 40y
Alyce · #65, 23y

Tiarnan was ranked #62 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2000. 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.

Tiarnan 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 Tiarnan without appearing here.

Tiarnan moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3040 and #4812.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4685 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3040 and #2512 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.
Philip Compare
In 2015 they stood at #201 and #187 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #151 and #358.

Moved ahead of Tiarnan

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3040 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1363.
Rune Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3040 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1799.
Willow Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3687 and #4432 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #2325.
Ronny Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1821 and #2074 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1467.

Moved the opposite way to Tiarnan

Adam Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tiarnan went from #272 to #577 while Adam went from #68 to #20.
Alex Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tiarnan went from #272 to #577 while Alex went from #190 to #37.
Alexander Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tiarnan went from #272 to #577 while Alexander went from #128 to #55.
Ben Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tiarnan went from #272 to #577 while Ben went from #152 to #40.

Moved the same way as Tiarnan

Daithi Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tiarnan went from #272 to #577 and Daithi from #303 to #509.
Denis Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tiarnan went from #272 to #577 and Denis from #70 to #232.
Frank Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tiarnan went from #272 to #577 and Frank from #152 to #286.
Julian Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Tiarnan went from #272 to #577 and Julian from #203 to #348.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 4 regions, from 1987 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #62 in Northern Ireland in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tiarnan

Tiarnan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tiarnan across 3 official records

Tiarnan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Tiarnan appears in

Popularity data

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Tiarnan at a glance

Tiarnan across 3 official records

Tiarnan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Tiarnan appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Tiarnan

Tiarnan and the names beside it

Tiarnan moved ahead of

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