Saerlaith

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Saerlaith: Recorded since 2011, it reached #166 in 2020, and it stood at #337 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
14years from first to last
#166highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in Northern Ireland · 2013–2024

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Northern Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2013	#440
2014	#365
2015	#312
2016	#306
2017	#432
2018	#313
2019	#243
2020	#166
2021	#190
2022	#266
2023	#264
2024	#337

VerifiedSource: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names.Confidence: high.

See all Northern Ireland names · Source: NISRA — Northern Ireland Baby Names

What the data shows

RisingNorthern Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Northern Ireland in every year from 2013 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2011–2024 · NISRA. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2013
First recorded at #440 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2013 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Northern Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2013–2024
Highest recorded position: #166 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 2013–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #337 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Saerlaith appears in

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

Names recorded by exactly 2 registrars

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2011 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #166 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Saerlaith'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
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#337	4	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#264	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#190	10	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#166	11	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#243	7	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#313	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#306	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#312	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#365	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified

Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 2011 and 2024, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #166, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2013, and 2 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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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.

Connla · #163, 13y
Alphonsus · #155, 16y
Rionach · #178, 18y
Shaunna · #154, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2010 and 2019.

Emeli · #167, 10y
Reeva · #183, 15y
Cadain · #186, 10y
Nelia · #187, 11y

Saerlaith was ranked #166 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2020. 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.

Saerlaith 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 Saerlaith without appearing here.

Saerlaith moved ahead of

Claire Compare
In 2020 they stood at #432 and #432 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #190 and #446.
Aisling Compare
In 2018 they stood at #313 and #238 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #243 and #424.
May Compare
In 2018 they stood at #432 and #355 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #243 and #424.
Samantha Compare
In 2018 they stood at #313 and #313 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #243 and #424.

Moved the opposite way to Saerlaith

Alex Compare
Between 2013 and 2023 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Saerlaith went from #440 to #264 while Alex went from #178 to #391.
Hanna Compare
Between 2013 and 2023 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Saerlaith went from #440 to #264 while Hanna went from #124 to #302.
Lauren Compare
Between 2013 and 2023 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Saerlaith went from #440 to #264 while Lauren went from #54 to #264.
Melissa Compare
Between 2013 and 2023 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Saerlaith went from #440 to #264 while Melissa went from #234 to #328.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 2011 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #166 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Saerlaith

Saerlaith at a glance

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Saerlaith at a glance

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Also first recorded in the 2010s

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Saerlaith moved ahead of

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