Sive

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sive: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sive: Recorded since 1969, it reached #373 in 2007, and it stood at #586 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#373highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2016

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2016	#5785

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 32 of the 53 years from 1969 to 2021.

In 2016: #750 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5785 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1969–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #443 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1969–2021
Highest recorded position: #373 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2007 (recorded 1969–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #586 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2021.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Sive by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sive in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	3	1 of 10	3
1970s	7	2 of 10	4
1980s	3	1 of 10	3
1990s	18	6 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	61	10 of 10	6
2010s	58	10 of 10	6
2020s	13	2 of 10	7

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Sive appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1969 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #373 in Republic of Ireland in 2007.

Sive's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#586	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#495	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	11	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#641	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#373	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#511	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	7	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1969 and 2021, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #373, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2007.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2016, and 47 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Siw · #61, 43y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Clarice · #374, 29y
Maddy · #372, 29y
Orson · #374, 27y
Nabil · #375, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Alejandro · #372, 51y
Beryl · #372, 26y
Boris · #374, 48y
Hatice · #377, 53y

Sive was ranked #373 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2007. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Sive and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sive without appearing here.

Sive moved ahead of

Jordan Compare
In 2006 they stood at #689 and #689 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #373 and #842.
Deirdre Compare
In 2013 they stood at #894 and #747 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #536 and #876.
Renee Compare
In 2013 they stood at #894 and #747 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #536 and #876.
Therese Compare
In 2013 they stood at #894 and #894 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #536 and #876.

Moved ahead of Sive

Charlie Compare
In 2008 they stood at #430 and #469 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #641 and #284.
Ada Compare
In 2011 they stood at #414 and #437 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #677 and #371.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #641 and #893 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #677 and #398.
Lauren Compare
In 1980 they stood at #417 and #466 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1981 that had become #533 and #313.

Moved the opposite way to Sive

Caoimhe Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sive went from #417 to #586 while Caoimhe went from #289 to #25.
Heidi Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sive went from #417 to #586 while Heidi went from #303 to #88.
Isabelle Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sive went from #417 to #586 while Isabelle went from #466 to #39.
Lauren Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sive went from #417 to #586 while Lauren went from #466 to #80.

Moved the same way as Sive

Ashleigh Compare
Between 1971 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sive went from #417 to #586 and Ashleigh from #417 to #764.
Christine Compare
Between 1969 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sive went from #443 to #716 and Christine from #67 to #502.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1969 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sive went from #443 to #716 and Deirdre from #8 to #871.
Karen Compare
Between 1969 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sive went from #443 to #716 and Karen from #16 to #871.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1969 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #373 in Republic of Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

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Sive by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Sive at a glance

Sive by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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