Saibh

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Saibh: Recorded since 2001, it reached #254 in 2016, and it stood at #352 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#254highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2022–2023

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2022	#5669
2023	#5687

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 24 of the 25 years from 2001 to 2025.

In 2024: #275 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #407 among girls in Northern Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2001–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #498 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2001–2025
Highest recorded position: #254 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2016 (recorded 2001–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #352 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Saibh appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 2001, and has registered 238 births with the name.

Saibh across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Saibh's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#498 (2001)	#254 (2016)	#352 (2025)	24 of 25	238 (2001–2025)	18 (2016)
England and Wales · Girls	#5669 (2022)	#5669 (2022)	#5687 (2023)	2 of 2	6 (2022–2023)	3 (2022)

Saibh 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 Saibh in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	38	8 of 10	5
2010s	119	10 of 10	12
2020sbusiest	81	6 of 10	14

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

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

Saibh 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 3 regions, from 2001 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #254 in Republic of Ireland in 2016.

Saibh'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	11	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	15	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	12	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	15	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	11	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#255	17	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#313	14	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	10	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	18	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#291	17	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	14	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	17	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#475	9	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#597	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 3 registrars between 2001 and 2025, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #254, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2016.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2022, and 23 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 3 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.

Aodan · #254, 20y
Codi · #254, 29y
Miran · #254, 26y
Orlaigh · #254, 21y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Favour · #254, 25y
Benas · #253, 22y
Anayah · #256, 22y
Eryk · #252, 22y

Saibh was ranked #254 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2016. 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.

Saibh 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 Saibh without appearing here.

Saibh moved ahead of

Jacqueline Compare
In 2021 they stood at #597 and #501 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #284 and #905.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #612 and #612 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #286 and #894.
Donna Compare
In 2012 they stood at #612 and #510 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #286 and #894.
Kirsten Compare
In 2012 they stood at #612 and #612 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #286 and #894.

Moved ahead of Saibh

Ada Compare
In 2006 they stood at #431 and #550 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #705 and #373.
Sienna Compare
In 2003 they stood at #512 and #620 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #576 and #287.
Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #475 and #555 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #465 and #240.
Aurora Compare
In 2016 they stood at #254 and #316 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #396 and #241.

Moved the opposite way to Saibh

Danielle Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saibh went from #498 to #275 while Danielle went from #58 to #504.
Donna Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saibh went from #498 to #275 while Donna went from #217 to #736.
Katrina Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saibh went from #498 to #275 while Katrina went from #606 to #898.
Kim Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saibh went from #498 to #275 while Kim went from #196 to #736.

Moved the same way as Saibh

Maja Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saibh went from #655 to #352 and Maja from #655 to #247.
Summer Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saibh went from #655 to #352 and Summer from #655 to #115.
Willow Compare
Between 2003 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saibh went from #655 to #352 and Willow from #439 to #58.
Violet Compare
Between 2007 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saibh went from #705 to #352 and Violet from #842 to #213.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 3 regions, from 2001 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #254 in Republic of Ireland in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Saibh

Saibh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Saibh across 2 official records

Saibh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Saibh appears in

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What the record shows

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Saibh at a glance

Saibh across 2 official records

Saibh by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Saibh

Saibh and the names beside it

Saibh moved ahead of

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