NameTides

Tadhg

Tadhg was the #3,658 boys' name in the US in 2025 (30 babies), and #412 in England & Wales and #1,944 in Canada.

Tadhg as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Tadhg as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Tadhg as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#3,658 (30)#412 (98)#441 (7)#85 (28)#8 (286)#1,944 (10)
2024#3,045 (40)#406 (100)#307 (12)#99 (24)#6 (318)#2,238 (8)
2023#2,769 (46)#419 (93)#341 (10)#81 (31)#7 (301)#1,687 (11)
2022#2,962 (42)#600 (62)#472 (6)#101 (25)#7 (324)#1,759 (10)
2021#3,021 (40)#457 (90)#477 (6)#120 (22)#10 (318)#1,761 (10)
2020#3,202 (35)#551 (67)#599 (4)#148 (16)#18 (272)#1,708 (10)
2019#4,003 (26)#634 (56)#516 (5)#185 (12)#8 (318)#1,634 (11)
2018#5,320 (17)#786 (41)#704 (3)#121 (20)#20 (280)#1,572 (11)
2017#3,993 (26)#943 (32)#733 (3)#229 (8)#28 (254)—
2016#3,681 (29)#1,050 (27)—#232 (8)#32 (228)#2,182 (7)
2015#5,289 (17)#996 (29)—#415 (3)#33 (230)—
2014#5,252 (17)#1,630 (14)—#346 (4)#48 (177)#2,371 (6)
2013#5,404 (16)#1,339 (18)——#51 (166)#2,305 (6)
2012#4,533 (21)#1,152 (23)—#247 (7)#37 (224)—
2011#5,433 (16)#1,251 (20)——#38 (232)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #2,769.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1992.

How common is it?

about 1 in 56,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 300common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 83very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Tadhg is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 51,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 39,000 to 1 in 68,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Tadhg (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TadhgCanadaBoys#1,94410
TadhgEngland & WalesBoys#41298
TadhgIrelandBoys#8286
TádhgIrelandBoys—too few
TadhgNorthern IrelandBoys#8528
TadhgScotlandBoys#4417
TadhgUSBoys#3,65830