Tadhg
2025 SSA
About Tadhg
The name of several ancient kings and princes of Ireland, Tadhg became so common at one point that it was used to represent a kind of Irish Gaelic everyman, or man in the street, as Paddy and Mick would later. Tadhg has seen a major resurgence in recent years and is also now ranked in England.
It is sometimes used as the Irish equivalent of Timothy and is also anglicized as Teague and Thaddeus. Tadleigh and Thad are pet forms. Pronunciation is like tide ending with a g or like the first syllable of tiger.
Pronounced TYG.
As of October 2026, Tadhg ranked #3742 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2838 in 2023, Nameberry popularity #562.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | #3,763 | 29 | 15.3 |
| 2017 | #4,091 | 26 | 14 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | #4,094 | 26 | 14.5 |
| 2020 | #3,258 | 35 | 20.3 |
| 2021 | #3,067 | 40 | 22.9 |
| 2022 | #2,994 | 42 | 24.1 |
| 2023 | #2,838 | 45 | 26.3 |
| 2024 | #3,198 | 38 | 22.1 |
| 2025 | #3,742 | 30 | 17.6 |
World rankings
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