Siofra

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Siofra: Recorded since 1972, it reached #116 in 2011, and it stood at #134 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
73times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#116highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#4137
2005	#3970
2010	#5707
2017	#2925
2019	#5591
2023	#4056
2024	#5891

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 42 of the 52 years from 1972 to 2023.

In 2024: #134 among girls in Northern Ireland, #5891 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1972–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1972
First recorded at #471 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1972 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1972–2023
Highest recorded position: #116 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2011 (recorded 1972–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Siofra appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 42 years beginning in 1972, and has registered 803 births with the name.

Siofra 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.

Siofra'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	#471 (1972)	#116 (2011)	#856 (2023)	42 of 52	803 (1972–2023)	55 (2011)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#271 (1997)	#134 (2024)	#134 (2024)	24 of 28	158 (1997–2024)	15 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#4137 (2002)	#2925 (2017)	#5891 (2024)	7 of 23	29 (2002–2024)	8 (2017)

Siofra 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 Siofra in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	17	5 of 10	3
1980s	39	8 of 10	5
1990s	123	10 of 10	12
2000s	319	10 of 10	32
2010sbusiest	302	8 of 10	38
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 38 births a year.

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

Siofra 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 1972 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #116 in Republic of Ireland in 2011.

Siofra'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#134	15	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#209	8	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#183	10	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#246	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#263	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#239	7	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#276	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#234	8	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#213	9	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#253	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#316	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#230	6	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#282	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#291	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#229	6	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#271	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#165	32	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#166	33	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#222	23	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#127	47	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	30	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#151	38	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#116	55	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	44	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	41	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	43	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	49	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#159	32	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	29	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#133	35	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	29	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#208	18	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#147	28	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	15	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#194	18	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	7	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#219	20	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#216	18	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	16	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	15	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	9	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	8	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#377	6	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	7	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#421	5	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	5	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	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 1972 and 2024, ranked in 48 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #116, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 55 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2011.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 30 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.

Pascal · #116, 46y
Colum · #115, 49y
Jonatan · #119, 44y
Melvin · #119, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Karolina · #114, 51y
Lana · #114, 43y
Lin · #114, 33y
Lynsey · #119, 32y

Siofra was ranked #116 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2011. 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.

Siofra 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 Siofra without appearing here.

Siofra moved ahead of

Judith Compare
In 1992 they stood at #322 and #322 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1993 that had become #242 and #516.
Vicki Compare
In 1995 they stood at #374 and #374 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1996 that had become #216 and #471.
Cassandra Compare
In 1998 they stood at #319 and #293 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1999 that had become #194 and #439.
Geraldine Compare
In 1998 they stood at #319 and #229 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1999 that had become #194 and #439.

Moved ahead of Siofra

Riley Compare
In 2022 they stood at #165 and #178 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #856 and #143.
Maddison Compare
In 2022 they stood at #165 and #249 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #856 and #183.
May Compare
In 2022 they stood at #165 and #289 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #856 and #262.
Alex Compare
In 2022 they stood at #165 and #272 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #856 and #316.

Moved the opposite way to Siofra

Abigail Compare
Between 1972 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Siofra went from #471 to #856 while Abigail went from #332 to #84.
Alice Compare
Between 1972 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Siofra went from #471 to #856 while Alice went from #142 to #38.
Amelia Compare
Between 1972 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Siofra went from #471 to #856 while Amelia went from #332 to #8.
Anna Compare
Between 1972 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Siofra went from #471 to #856 while Anna went from #55 to #23.

Moved the same way as Siofra

Aisling Compare
Between 1972 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Siofra went from #471 to #856 and Aisling from #48 to #159.
Alison Compare
Between 1972 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Siofra went from #471 to #856 and Alison from #64 to #226.
Alma Compare
Between 1972 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Siofra went from #471 to #856 and Alma from #332 to #625.
Amanda Compare
Between 1972 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Siofra went from #471 to #856 and Amanda from #50 to #495.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1972 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #116 in Republic of Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Siofra

Siofra at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Siofra across 3 official records

Siofra by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Siofra appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Siofra

Siofra and the names beside it

Siofra moved ahead of

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Siofra at a glance

Siofra across 3 official records

Siofra by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Siofra appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Siofra

Siofra and the names beside it

Siofra moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Siofra

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