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.

3registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
31years from first to last
#193highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2019–2025

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2019	#5591
2025	#5927

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 20 of the 31 years from 1995 to 2025.

In 2025: #304 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5927 among girls in England and Wales.

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 #5927 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Saorla appears in 3 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 3 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)
England and Wales · Girls	#5591 (2019)	#5591 (2019)	#5927 (2025)	2 of 7	6 (2019–2025)	3 (2019)

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
2025	England and Wales	female	#5927	3	High	Verified
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.

Where Saorla is officially recorded

3 official registrars have recorded Saorla, between 1995 and 2025, in 22 of those 31 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1995–2025	20	#237 in 2022
Northern Ireland	2005–2024	15	#193 in 2023
England and Wales	2019–2025	2	#5591 in 2019

No registrar recorded it for 9 years after 1995; it appears again in 2005.

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.

Abbie#193
Annabelle#193
Avery#193
Bria#193
Alara#209
Amy#209
Anastasia#209
Ariana#209

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 2,577 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
In 2021 they stood at #742 and #742 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #237 and #905.
Jude
In 2011 they stood at #764 and #502 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #295 and #907.
Heather
In 2023 they stood at #555 and #404 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #307 and #898.
Stacey
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
In 2012 they stood at #295 and #398 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #660 and #241.
Aria
In 2012 they stood at #295 and #510 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #660 and #246.
Violet
In 2022 they stood at #237 and #254 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #555 and #163.
Ivy
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
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saorla went from #516 to #304 while Aimee went from #117 to #885.
Aisling
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saorla went from #516 to #304 while Aisling went from #15 to #180.
Alison
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saorla went from #516 to #304 while Alison went from #44 to #213.
Amanda
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
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saorla went from #516 to #304 and Abigail from #211 to #115.
Alice
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saorla went from #516 to #304 and Alice from #76 to #41.
Amelia
Between 1995 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Saorla went from #516 to #304 and Amelia from #283 to #12.
Anna
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
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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 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 3 official records

Saorla by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Saorla appears in

Popularity data

Where Saorla is officially recorded

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Saorla at a glance

Saorla across 3 official records

Saorla by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Saorla and the names beside it

Saorla moved ahead of

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