Sibeal

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Sibeal: Recorded since 1974, it reached #345 in 1998, and it was last ranked in 2017.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
44years from first to last
#345highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2015

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2015	#5730

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 23 of the 44 years from 1974 to 2017.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1974–2017 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1974
First recorded at #490 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1974–2017
Highest recorded position: #345 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1974–2017).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #734 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2017.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Sibeal 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 Sibeal in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	6	2 of 10	3
1980s	10	3 of 10	3
1990sbusiest	27	6 of 10	5
2000s	22	6 of 10	4
2010s	27	6 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Sibeal 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 2 regions, from 1974 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #345 in Republic of Ireland in 1998.

Sibeal'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
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#355	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Sibeal is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Sibeal, between 1974 and 2017, in 24 of those 44 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	1974–2017	23	#345 in 1998
England and Wales	2015	1	#5730 in 2015

Its high point came 17 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1998) than in England and Wales (2015).

No registrar recorded it for 6 years after 1982; it appears again in 1989.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1974 and 2017, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #345, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1998.

Its record falls into 13 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2015, and 41 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.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
13separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#734position in 2017, its most recent recorded year
41 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 41 years or more →
6births registered in its largest year, 1998Under 25 births →

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.

Bridin · #344, 19y
Adedamola · #347, 23y
Ayyub · #342, 29y
Corbyn · #342, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Caoilfhionn · #344, 38y
Cathryn · #344, 26y
Evonne · #343, 10y
Jaran · #347, 26y

Sibeal was ranked #345 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1998. 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.

Adele#345
Ailise#345
Allison#345
Anne marie#345
Aifric#380
Anita#380
Arlene#380
Barbara#380

Sibeal 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 Sibeal without appearing here.

Sibeal moved ahead of

Janet
In 2009 they stood at #559 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #663 and #910.
Lorraine
In 2009 they stood at #862 and #597 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #663 and #910.
Therese
In 2009 they stood at #635 and #635 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #663 and #910.
Deirdre
In 2013 they stood at #747 and #747 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #661 and #876.

Moved ahead of Sibeal

Fiadh
In 2007 they stood at #559 and #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #862 and #341.
Maja
In 2005 they stood at #559 and #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #635 and #220.
Laila
In 2004 they stood at #355 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #689 and #320.
Summer
In 2004 they stood at #559 and #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #689 and #320.

Moved the opposite way to Sibeal

Abigail
Between 1974 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sibeal went from #490 to #734 while Abigail went from #428 to #62.
Ada
Between 1974 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sibeal went from #490 to #734 while Ada went from #428 to #137.
Alexandra
Between 1974 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sibeal went from #490 to #734 while Alexandra went from #271 to #111.
Alice
Between 1974 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sibeal went from #490 to #734 while Alice went from #146 to #35.

Moved the same way as Sibeal

Aisling
Between 1974 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sibeal went from #490 to #734 and Aisling from #52 to #86.
Alison
Between 1974 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sibeal went from #490 to #734 and Alison from #65 to #145.
Alma
Between 1974 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sibeal went from #490 to #734 and Alma from #255 to #579.
Amanda
Between 1974 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sibeal went from #490 to #734 and Amanda from #31 to #471.

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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 1974 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #345 in Republic of Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Sibeal

Sibeal at a glance

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Popularity journey

Sibeal by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Sibeal at a glance

Sibeal by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Sibeal moved ahead of

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