girls:
3.9k births since 1957
#2757 (52nd percentile)
boys:
23 births since 1976
#4563 (0th percentile)
overall:
3.9k births since 1957
#4378 (43rd percentile)
The name Tierney is the #4,378 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,946 recorded births since 1957. This represents the 43.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 43.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,757 (51.8% percentile) for all time with 3,923 births since 1957. For boys, it ranks #4,563 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 23 births since 1976.
Tierney first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1957 (1957 for girls and 1976 for boys).
The name Tierney has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.4% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Tierney reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 19.3% percentile (ranked #698) with 87 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 87 births per million (ranked 19.3% percentile). Despite a low point in 2010, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Tierney ranks #918 for girls (3.1% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 22.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Tierney reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #872) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2006.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tierney".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Tierney. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 74.4% confident that Tierney is pronounced as TIHR-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TEAR-nee, at 18.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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