Saorlaith

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Saorlaith: Recorded since 2002, it reached #90 in 2022, and it stood at #247 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#90highest recorded position
4groupings 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 Northern Ireland in 17 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

In 2024: #91 among girls in Northern Ireland, #259 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2002–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #339 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Northern Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #90 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2022 (recorded 2002–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #247 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Saorlaith appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 18 ranked years and 174 births registered; the earliest is Northern Ireland · Girls, from 2002.

Saorlaith 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.

Saorlaith'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
Northern Ireland · Girls	#339 (2002)	#90 (2022)	#91 (2024)	17 of 23	238 (2002–2024)	24 (2022)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#842 (2007)	#247 (2025)	#247 (2025)	18 of 19	174 (2007–2025)	17 (2025)

Saorlaith 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 Saorlaith in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	9	2 of 10	5
2010s	79	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	86	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 →

Saorlaith 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 2002 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #90 in Northern Ireland in 2022.

Saorlaith'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
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#91	23	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#135	15	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#90	24	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#100	23	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#140	14	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#113	19	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#108	23	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#164	13	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#123	18	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#188	11	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#142	16	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#199	10	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#139	14	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#283	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	17	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#259	16	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#364	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	16	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	15	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	12	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	11	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	8	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	10	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	14	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#582	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	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 2002 and 2025, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #90, first reached in 2022.

It held a top-100 place in 3 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2022.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 14 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

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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.

Fianna · #89, 21y
Kaye · #89, 20y
Rehmat · #93, 16y
Clint · #86, 23y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Fianna · #89, 21y
Jax · #87, 23y
Parker · #93, 22y
Rehmat · #93, 16y

Saorlaith was ranked #90 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2022. 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.

Saorlaith 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 Saorlaith without appearing here.

Saorlaith moved ahead of

Mina Compare
In 2013 they stood at #937 and #937 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #336 and #876.
Rita Compare
In 2018 they stood at #474 and #474 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #362 and #871.
Suzanne Compare
In 2016 they stood at #587 and #587 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2017 that had become #396 and #873.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #396 and #396 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #474 and #896.

Moved ahead of Saorlaith

Aurora Compare
In 2014 they stood at #336 and #536 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #494 and #402.
Aria Compare
In 2013 they stood at #199 and #218 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #142 and #89.
Harper Compare
In 2012 they stood at #139 and #297 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #199 and #178.
Ada Compare
In 2017 they stood at #164 and #190 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #108 and #92.

Moved the opposite way to Saorlaith

Abigail Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Saorlaith went from #339 to #91 while Abigail went from #49 to #80.
Aimee Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Saorlaith went from #339 to #91 while Aimee went from #22 to #179.
Alexandra Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Saorlaith went from #339 to #91 while Alexandra went from #52 to #253.
Amy Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Saorlaith went from #339 to #91 while Amy went from #8 to #253.

Moved the same way as Saorlaith

Amelia Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Saorlaith went from #339 to #91 and Amelia from #286 to #14.
Annie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Saorlaith went from #339 to #91 and Annie from #100 to #11.
Aoife Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Saorlaith went from #339 to #91 and Aoife from #21 to #4.
Ava Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Saorlaith went from #339 to #91 and Ava from #227 to #32.

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 2002 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #90 in Northern Ireland in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Saorlaith

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Saorlaith across 2 official records

Saorlaith by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Saorlaith across 2 official records

Saorlaith 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

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