Tighe

maleStatistical record

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

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

Tighe: Recorded since 1998, it reached #390 in 2004, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#390highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
2000	#2501
2002	#3225
2005	#3849
2006	#4052
2008	#3687
2009	#4527
2010	#4678
2013	#3315
2017	#4812
2018	#3959
2019	#3937
2020	#2960
2021	#4789
2022	#3048
2023	#3523
2024	#4270

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 England and Wales in 17 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2013: #711 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3315 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2004–2015
Highest recorded position: #390 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2004 (recorded 2004–2015).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Tighe appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 17 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 66 births with the name.

Tighe 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.

Tighe'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2901 (1998)	#2501 (2000)	#4270 (2024)	17 of 27	66 (1998–2024)	6 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#390 (2004)	#390 (2004)	#699 (2015)	6 of 12	23 (2004–2015)	5 (2004)

Tighe by decade in England and Wales · 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 Tighe in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	20	6 of 10	3
2010s	19	5 of 10	4
2020sbusiest	24	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Tighe 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: #390 in Republic of Ireland in 2004.

Tighe'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	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 1998 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #390, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 6 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 25 births →

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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Tiggy · #1215, 25y
Tilak · #2357, 10y
Tilda · #768, 28y

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.

Kean · #390, 24y
Kielan · #390, 22y
Nasim · #390, 22y
Annemarie · #389, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alessio · #390, 30y
Ameen · #390, 29y
Anabelle · #390, 29y
Braden · #390, 29y

Tighe was ranked #390 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2004. 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.

Tighe 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 Tighe without appearing here.

Tighe moved ahead of

Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4789 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #4789.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3959 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #4608.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Tighe

Archie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #390 and #506 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #518 and #302.
Mason Compare
In 2004 they stood at #390 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #518 and #302.
Harrison Compare
In 2004 they stood at #390 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #518 and #343.
Riley Compare
In 2004 they stood at #390 and #506 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #518 and #343.

Moved the opposite way to Tighe

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tighe went from #2901 to #4270 while Albie went from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tighe went from #2901 to #4270 while Alfie went from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tighe went from #2901 to #4270 while Alfred went from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tighe went from #2901 to #4270 while Archie went from #120 to #10.

Moved the same way as Tighe

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tighe went from #2901 to #4270 and Aaron from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tighe went from #2901 to #4270 and Adam from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tighe went from #2901 to #4270 and Alan from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Tighe went from #2901 to #4270 and Alex from #46 to #171.

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: #390 in Republic of Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tighe

Tighe at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tighe across 2 official records

Tighe by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Tighe appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Tighe at a glance

Tighe across 2 official records

Tighe by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Tighe 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 Tighe

Tighe and the names beside it

Tighe moved ahead of

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