Thierry
Boy · tee-AIR-ee · Germanic
Thierry is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “ruler of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Thierry mean?
Germanic: French form of Theodoric
“ruler of the people”
The French form of Theodoric, borne by Theodoric the Great, the Ostrogothic king who ruled Italy from 493 to 526.
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Is Thierry a girl's or a boy's name?
Thierry is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thierry in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Thierry, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 52 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Thierry than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Thierry in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Thierry in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,356 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,428 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,347 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,202 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,308 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,398 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,166 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,452 |
| 2009 | 22 | #1,214 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,436 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,065 |
| 2006 | 34 | #823 |
| 2005 | 35 | #778 |
| 2004 | 52 | #549 |
| 2003 | 50 | #534 |
| 2002 | 27 | #770 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,008 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Thierry in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Thierry, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 40 boys. It first appears in the records in 1947.
Half of all the boys named Thierry in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thierry in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
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