Tierney
Tierney is an Irish surname, and a female given name.
- Irish
Meaning & Origin of Tierney
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tierney is an Irish surname, and a female given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Irish
The Story of Tierney
Tierney first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1957, with 46 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1993, when 172 Tierneys were born — ranking #1,059 that year. As of 2026, Tierney ranks #7,280 for baby girls with 15 births, falling sharply (-52%). In total, more than 4K Tierneys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Tierney
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Tierney. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Tiarnach
Names that sound like Tierney
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About the name Tierney
Tierney is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1957 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Tierney's peak popularity came in 1993 when it ranked #1,059. Use the chart and map above to compare Tierney's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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