Saoirse

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Irish

Meaning

Saoirse is an Irish-language unisex given name meaning "freedom". It became popular in Ireland in the late 20th century. The actress Saoirse Ronan has given the name prominence internationally since her 2007 breakthrough in Atonement.

From Wikipedia

Saoirse first appears in the data in 2004 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 53 babies (rank #576 that year). In 2024 it was given to 29 girls (rank #959). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Saoirse

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

522
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
53
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
20047#2,364
20056#2,790
20065#3,364
200710#1,995
20088#2,457
200918#1,334
201018#1,362
201115#1,546
201215#1,576
201312#1,853
201421#1,203
201530#897
201653#576
201742#704
201835#802
201943#688
202033#844
202146#641
202244#647
202332#844
202429#959