Saorla

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Saorla: Recorded since 1995, its highest recorded position is #193, and it stood at #304 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
31years from first to last
#193highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2019

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2019	#5591

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 20 of the 31 years from 1995 to 2025.

In 2024: #288 among girls in Northern Ireland, #307 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1995–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1995
First recorded at #516 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1995 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2005–2024
Highest recorded position: #193 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 2005–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #304 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Saorla appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 1995, and has registered 199 births with the name.

Saorla 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.

Saorla'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	#516 (1995)	#237 (2022)	#304 (2025)	20 of 31	199 (1995–2025)	18 (2015)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#377 (2005)	#193 (2023)	#288 (2024)	15 of 20	82 (2005–2024)	9 (2023)

Saorla 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 Saorla in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	21	4 of 10	5
2010s	99	9 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	76	6 of 10	13

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

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

Saorla 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 1995 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #193 in Northern Ireland in 2023.

Saorla'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
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#288	5	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#193	9	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#223	8	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#281	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#243	7	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#239	7	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#330	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#258	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	13	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	13	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#237	18	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	12	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	14	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#551	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#436	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	10	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	13	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#276	18	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	14	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#295	17	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#501	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	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 1995 and 2025, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #193, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2015.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 24 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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Saoirse · #12, 52y
Saorlaith · #90, 19y
Saphira · #2195, 21y

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.

Ayat · #193, 26y
Eire · #192, 21y
Rua · #192, 17y
Keri · #191, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ayat · #193, 26y
Ieuan · #193, 29y
Keane · #193, 30y
Nyla · #193, 28y

Saorla was ranked #193 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2023. 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.

Saorla 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 Saorla without appearing here.

Saorla moved ahead of

Jacqueline Compare
In 2021 they stood at #742 and #742 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #237 and #905.
Jude Compare
In 2011 they stood at #764 and #502 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #295 and #907.
Heather Compare
In 2023 they stood at #555 and #404 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #307 and #898.
Stacey Compare
In 2023 they stood at #551 and #551 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #307 and #898.

Moved ahead of Saorla

Harper Compare
In 2012 they stood at #295 and #398 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #660 and #241.
Aria Compare
In 2012 they stood at #295 and #510 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #660 and #246.
Violet Compare
In 2022 they stood at #237 and #254 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #555 and #163.
Ivy Compare
In 2012 they stood at #295 and #371 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #660 and #304.

Moved the opposite way to Saorla

Aimee Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saorla went from #516 to #304 while Aimee went from #117 to #885.
Aisling Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saorla went from #516 to #304 while Aisling went from #15 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saorla went from #516 to #304 while Alison went from #44 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saorla went from #516 to #304 while Amanda went from #70 to #608.

Moved the same way as Saorla

Abigail Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saorla went from #516 to #304 and Abigail from #211 to #115.
Alice Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saorla went from #516 to #304 and Alice from #76 to #41.
Amelia Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saorla went from #516 to #304 and Amelia from #283 to #12.
Anna Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saorla went from #516 to #304 and Anna from #47 to #26.

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 1995 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #193 in Northern Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Saorla

Saorla at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Saorla across 2 official records

Saorla by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Saorla appears in

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Saorla at a glance

Saorla across 2 official records

Saorla by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Saorla

Saorla and the names beside it

Saorla moved ahead of

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