Saoirse
- #1,085 for girls in 2025, 222 births
- Peak · girls
- 2020 · 373 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,068since 1993
Saoirse over time
Rank among girls' names. Saoirse has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,085 | 222 |
| 2024 | #1,027 | 245 |
| 2023 | #957 | 272 |
| 2022 | #892 | 312 |
| 2021 | #811 | 344 |
| 2020 | #732 | 373 |
| 2019 | #818 | 334 |
| 2018 | #819 | 331 |
| 2017 | #959 | 276 |
| 2016 | #967 | 278 |
| 2015 | #1,448 | 159 |
| 2014 | #1,818 | 112 |
| 2013 | #2,305 | 80 |
| 2012 | #1,831 | 110 |
| 2011 | #1,953 | 101 |
| 2010 | #2,538 | 72 |
| 2009 | #3,047 | 56 |
| 2008 | #2,354 | 82 |
| 2007 | #4,050 | 38 |
| 2006 | #3,669 | 42 |
| 2005 | #4,267 | 32 |
| 2004 | #4,387 | 31 |
| 2003 | #5,092 | 24 |
| 2002 | #4,179 | 30 |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 |
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| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Saoirse! It came in at #13,442, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1993–1995, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Saoirse is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#417 · 1 in 1,849
- Oregon#483 · 1 in 1,865
- Utah#605 · 1 in 2,846
- Colorado#634 · 1 in 2,916
- Wisconsin#700 · 1 in 3,376
Best ever in a state: #176 in New Hampshire, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Massachusetts | #417 | 13 | 1 in 1,849 |
| Oregon | #483 | 7 | 1 in 1,865 |
| Utah | #605 | 6 | 1 in 2,846 |
| Colorado | #634 | 8 | 1 in 2,916 |
| Wisconsin | #700 | 6 | 1 in 3,376 |
| Michigan | #735 | 10 | 1 in 3,573 |
| Illinois | #797 | 11 | 1 in 4,030 |
| Pennsylvania | #813 | 11 | 1 in 4,244 |
| Maryland | #840 | 5 | 1 in 3,997 |
| Washington | #915 | 6 | 1 in 4,810 |
| Tennessee | #983 | 6 | 1 in 5,346 |
| New Jersey | #1,036 | 6 | 1 in 5,917 |
| North Carolina | #1,057 | 8 | 1 in 5,810 |
| New York | #1,087 | 13 | 1 in 6,025 |
| Ohio | #1,271 | 6 | 1 in 7,878 |
| Texas | #1,460 | 16 | 1 in 10,034 |
| California | #1,491 | 15 | 1 in 10,782 |
| Florida | #1,685 | 7 | 1 in 12,395 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Saoirse
- 353 spots since 2020 (#732 → #1,085)
- 363 spots since 2015 (#1,448 → #1,085)
- Biggest jump: 481 spots in 2016
- Biggest drop: 81 spots in 2022
- Debuted 1993
- Peaked 2020 at #732 (373 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2016–2023
- Highest: 1 in 4,334 girls born in 2020 were named Saoirse (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,240 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 45.6% of all girls named Saoirse (1,853) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 64 | #6,073 (1998) | #9,032 |
| 2000s | 383 | #2,354 (2008) | #4,076 |
| 2010s | 1,853 | #818 (2019) | #1,546 |
| 2020s | 1,768 | #732 (2020) | #917 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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