Tiernan*
#3,497 most common boys' name of all time · #8,525 across all names · 88% male / 12% female · used 1985–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#3,497
Rank overall
#8,525 of 105,966
First appeared
1985
Years on the list
38 of 146
All-time
1,676
Since 2016
309
Peak year
2009 #1,785
Best rank
#1,739 2007
Girls
Boys
peak 95/yr
Tiernan first appears in 1985. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,801 |
| 2024 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,145 |
| 2023 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,387 |
| 2022 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,187 |
| 2021 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,547 |
| 2020 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,784 |
| 2019 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,277 |
| 2018 | 5 | 28 | 33 | #3,854 |
| 2017 | 5 | 26 | 31 | #4,061 |
| 2016 | 5 | 36 | 41 | #3,203 |
| 2015 | 5 | 46 | 51 | #2,671 |
| 2014 | 5 | 49 | 54 | #2,533 |
| 2013 | 5 | 53 | 58 | #2,393 |
| 2012 | 5 | 56 | 61 | #2,320 |
| 2011 | 7 | 73 | 80 | #1,923 |
| 2010 | 5 | 73 | 78 | #1,935 |
| 2009 | 10 | 85 | 95 | #1,785 |
| 2008 | 12 | 78 | 90 | #1,870 |
| 2007 | 5 | 86 | 91 | #1,739 |
| 2006 | 11 | 67 | 78 | #2,006 |
| 2005 | 10 | 69 | 79 | #1,867 |
| 2004 | 11 | 68 | 79 | #1,830 |
| 2003 | 13 | 62 | 75 | #1,901 |
| 2002 | 19 | 55 | 74 | #2,017 |
| 2001 | 17 | 49 | 66 | #2,145 |
| 2000 | 11 | 41 | 52 | #2,365 |
| 1999 | 9 | 39 | 48 | #2,338 |
| 1998 | — | 35 | 35 | #2,502 |
| 1997 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,854 |
| 1996 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,984 |
| 1995 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #4,017 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,502 |
| 1993 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #4,955 |
| 1992 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,582 |
| 1991 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #6,395 |
| 1989 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #8,822 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,184 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,574 |