Tadhg

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Meaning

Tadhg, also Taḋg, commonly anglicized as "Taig" or "Teague", is an Irish and Scottish Gaelic masculine name that was very common when the Goidelic languages predominated, to the extent that it is a synecdoche for Irish-speaking man. The name signifies "poet" or "philosopher".

From Wikipedia

Tadhg first appears in the data in 1992 and has been recorded in 31 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2023 with 45 babies (rank #2,838 that year). In 2024 it was given to 38 boys (rank #3,198). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Tadhg

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Tadhg yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

580
Total babies (all years)
31
Years in the data
45
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19926#8,319
19945#10,067
19967#7,870
19976#9,121
19987#8,342
19999#7,037
200012#5,866
20015#12,091
20027#9,265
20038#8,525
20049#8,068
200516#5,245
200616#5,490
20078#9,664
200814#6,355
200931#3,536
201029#3,697
201116#5,643
201221#4,661
201316#5,624
201417#5,454
201517#5,483
201629#3,763
201726#4,091
201817#5,511
201926#4,094
202035#3,258
202140#3,067
202242#2,994
202345#2,838
202438#3,198