Tierna

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Tierna: Recorded since 1998, it reached #139 in 2001, and it stood at #407 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#139highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in Northern Ireland · 1998–2024

View as table

Northern Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#145
1999	#213
2000	#158
2001	#139
2002	#176
2003	#156
2004	#200
2005	#177
2006	#332
2007	#169
2008	#311
2009	#174
2010	#180
2012	#297
2013	#255
2015	#426
2016	#440
2017	#432
2018	#434
2019	#298
2020	#281
2022	#418
2024	#407

VerifiedSource: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names.Confidence: high.

See all Northern Ireland names · Source: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names

What the data shows

FallingNorthern Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Northern Ireland in 23 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2022: #418 among girls in Northern Ireland, #747 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1998–2024 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #145 among girls in Northern Ireland in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Northern Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #139 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2001 (recorded 1998–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #407 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Tierna appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Northern Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 166 births with the name.

Tierna 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.

Tierna'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
Northern Ireland · Girls	#145 (1998)	#139 (2001)	#407 (2024)	23 of 27	166 (1998–2024)	13 (1998)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#655 (2003)	#625 (2023)	#625 (2023)	13 of 21	48 (2003–2023)	5 (2017)

Tierna by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

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 Tierna in Northern Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	20	2 of 10	10
2000sbusiest	94	10 of 10	9
2010s	41	8 of 10	5
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across Northern Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Tierna 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #139 in Northern Ireland in 2001.

Tierna'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	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#418	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#281	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#255	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#297	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#180	11	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#174	11	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#169	12	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#332	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#177	10	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#200	8	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#156	11	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#176	9	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#139	13	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#158	11	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#213	7	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#145	13	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#625	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified

Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #139, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 1998.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 5 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.

Tiberius · #1630, 14y
Tiegan · #199, 25y
Tiernan · #52, 55y
Tifeoluwa · #1859, 8y

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.

Struan · #144, 21y
Siun · #132, 28y
Olea · #148, 26y
Bryony · #129, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Tamzin · #139, 26y
Avery · #140, 24y
Lenny · #140, 30y
Safa · #140, 30y

Tierna was ranked #139 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2001. 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.

Tierna 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 Tierna without appearing here.

Tierna moved ahead of

Stacey Compare
In 2006 they stood at #332 and #294 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #169 and #413.
Barbara Compare
In 2022 they stood at #747 and #747 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #625 and #856.
Bernadette Compare
In 2022 they stood at #871 and #871 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #625 and #856.
Chelsea Compare
In 2022 they stood at #747 and #559 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #625 and #856.

Moved ahead of Tierna

Harper Compare
In 2012 they stood at #742 and #893 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #894 and #241.
Aria Compare
In 2012 they stood at #742 and #893 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #894 and #246.
Evelyn Compare
In 2014 they stood at #255 and #440 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #426 and #144.
Florence Compare
In 2014 they stood at #255 and #284 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #426 and #144.

Moved the opposite way to Tierna

Annie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Tierna went from #145 to #407 while Annie went from #109 to #11.
Aoife Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Tierna went from #145 to #407 while Aoife went from #19 to #4.
Ava Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Tierna went from #145 to #407 while Ava went from #351 to #32.
Cara Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Tierna went from #145 to #407 while Cara went from #78 to #33.

Moved the same way as Tierna

Aimee Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Tierna went from #145 to #407 and Aimee from #23 to #179.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Tierna went from #145 to #407 and Alexandra from #54 to #253.
Amy Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Tierna went from #145 to #407 and Amy from #4 to #253.
Bethany Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Tierna went from #145 to #407 and Bethany from #32 to #253.

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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #139 in Northern Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Tierna

Tierna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tierna across 2 official records

Tierna by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

Tierna appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Tierna

Tierna and the names beside it

Tierna moved ahead of

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Tierna at a glance

Tierna across 2 official records

Tierna by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

Tierna appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Tierna

Tierna and the names beside it

Tierna moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tierna

Moved the opposite way to Tierna

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