Tighe
Boy · TYE · Irish
Tighe is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “descendant of Tadhg”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Tighe mean?
Irish: Irish surname, from Ó Taidhg
“descendant of Tadhg”
Tadhg, the root name, is an old Irish name usually explained as 'poet'.
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Is Tighe a girl's or a boy's name?
Tighe is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tighe in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Tighe, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tighe in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Tighe in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 2 | #6,340 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Tighe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Tighe, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1979, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1949.
Half of all the boys named Tighe in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tighe in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,535 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,361 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
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