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Tierney

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Tierney is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 18 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
180.00% of girls
Peak year
1993172 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1957
3,941people given the name
Babies named Tierney, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

3,941 girls have been named Tierney in the United States since 1957, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1993, with 172 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 1990s alone account for 31%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Tierney
1950s86
1960s119
1970s186
1980s681
1990s1,208
2000s921
2010s588
2020s152

In 1993, its biggest year

Tierney was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1993 were Jessica, Ashley, Sarah, Samantha and Emily. See all of 1993.

Names that rose and fell with Tierney

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.