Tadhg

What Tadhg means

Irish, from Middle Irish Tadg, meaning “poet”

From Middle Irish Tadg (whence also Old Norse Taðkr), from the common noun tadg (“poet”), from pre-Goidelic *tazgos, from Proto-Celtic *taskos (“badger”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Tadhg” (revision 89018951), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Tadhg?

US: Rising: up from #5289 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #996 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 46 boys got the name (#2769 that year). First in the US records in 1992.

How common

• About 1 in 56,936 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,775 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,806 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

US vs UK

Tadhg is #3658 in the US and #412 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Tadhg were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Tadhg

Boys

• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Ares#290Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #722 in 2015, #290 in 2025
• Zion#142Editor’s note Up from #227 in 2015 to #142 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 680 US boys in the 2025 records
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Beckett#141Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 6 babies

For a sister

• Juniper#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #427 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Reese#192“ardor”^*
• Ailani#168Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,199 in 2015, #168 in 2025
• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Noa#226Hawaiian, meaning “commoner, free man”^*
• Saylor#217“dancer, acrobat”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Tadhg’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.