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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 118 babies (rank #389 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

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.

1,022
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
118
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
199627#842
199732#748
199830#781
199929#792
200030#775
200132#777
200217#1,239
200330#872
200432#864
200544#705
200641#767
200750#692
200849#732
200942#833
201052#718
201178#538
201254#748
201381#518
201475#567
201579#557
2016118#389