Sorcha

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Sorcha: Recorded every year since 1968, it reached #74 in 1999, and it stood at #273 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
113times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#74highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Sorcha's record

Ranked every year since 1968, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Moved 167 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#686
1997	#585
1998	#639
1999	#615
2000	#607
2001	#816
2002	#842
2003	#1056
2004	#1535
2005	#1295
2006	#1435
2007	#1073
2008	#1584
2009	#2148
2010	#1653
2011	#2636
2012	#1720
2013	#3536
2014	#2862
2015	#2496
2016	#3609
2017	#2706
2018	#2901
2019	#2869
2020	#2615
2021	#2711
2022	#4645
2023	#4709
2024	#4843

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 every year from 1968 to 2025.

In 2024: #253 among girls in Northern Ireland, #275 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #541 among girls in Scotland, #4843 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1968–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1968
First recorded at #357 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1968–2025
Highest recorded position: #74 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1999 (recorded 1968–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #273 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Sorcha appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 58 years beginning in 1968, and has registered 1,931 births with the name.

Sorcha 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.

Sorcha'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	#357 (1968)	#74 (1999)	#273 (2025)	58 of 58	1,931 (1968–2025)	71 (1997)
England and Wales · Girls	#686 (1996)	#585 (1997)	#4843 (2024)	29 of 29	513 (1996–2024)	44 (1997)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#161 (1997)	#98 (1998)	#253 (2024)	25 of 28	244 (1997–2024)	23 (1998)

Sorcha 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 Sorcha in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	11	2 of 10	6
1970s	231	10 of 10	23
1980s	329	10 of 10	33
1990sbusiest	569	10 of 10	57
2000s	476	10 of 10	48
2010s	237	10 of 10	24
2020s	78	6 of 10	13

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 57 births a year.

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

Sorcha 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 4 regions, from 1968 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #74 in Republic of Ireland in 1999.

Sorcha'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1720	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1584	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1073	27	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1435	17	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1295	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1535	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1056	22	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#842	28	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#816	29	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#607	43	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#615	42	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#639	39	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#585	44	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#686	34	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#253	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#281	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#218	8	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#296	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#251	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#223	8	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#167	12	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#297	6	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#189	10	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#324	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#174	11	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#219	8	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#133	15	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#107	18	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#156	11	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#138	14	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#146	12	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#119	17	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#167	10	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#98	23	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#161	12	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#273	15	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	15	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#237	18	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#264	16	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	15	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#387	11	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	14	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	18	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#233	22	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#184	29	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	20	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	36	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	34	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	38	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#143	43	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	41	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	49	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#104	54	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#131	38	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#118	42	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#88	59	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#107	47	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	44	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#80	59	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#74	61	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#78	48	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#76	71	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#80	64	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#91	61	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#99	59	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#107	53	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#101	58	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#124	43	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#115	51	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#158	31	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#153	33	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#146	37	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#119	49	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	34	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	14	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	29	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#190	29	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#212	25	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	48	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#210	25	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	35	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#166	37	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#209	24	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#195	26	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#190	30	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	23	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#259	13	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	13	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	5	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	7	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#541	5	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
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1968 and 2025, ranked in 58 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #74, first reached in 1999.

It held a top-100 place in 8 years, 7 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 71 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1997.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 56 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 4 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.

Dale · #75, 62y
Dara · #72, 62y
Conall · #77, 60y
Nuala · #71, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Carla · #74, 61y
Una · #74, 63y
Jemma · #73, 52y
Karol · #75, 50y

Sorcha was ranked #74 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1999. 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.

Sorcha 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 Sorcha without appearing here.

Sorcha moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Donna Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3609 and #2966 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2706 and #4063.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Audrey Compare
In 2021 they stood at #661 and #661 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #237 and #905.

Moved ahead of Sorcha

Janice Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2711 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #1948.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2504.
Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2711 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #2488.
Luca Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2711 and #3192 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #2673.

Moved the opposite way to Sorcha

Chloe Compare
Between 1974 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sorcha went from #190 to #273 while Chloe went from #490 to #22.
Caitlin Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sorcha went from #195 to #273 while Caitlin went from #503 to #247.
Erin Compare
Between 1975 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sorcha went from #195 to #273 while Erin went from #503 to #71.
Brooke Compare
Between 1982 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Sorcha went from #190 to #273 while Brooke went from #523 to #213.

Moved the same way as Sorcha

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sorcha went from #686 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sorcha went from #686 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sorcha went from #686 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sorcha went from #686 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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 4 regions, from 1968 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #74 in Republic of Ireland in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sorcha

Sorcha at a glance

What stands out in Sorcha's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sorcha across 3 official records

Sorcha by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Sorcha appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Sorcha

Sorcha and the names beside it

Sorcha moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sorcha

Moved the opposite way to Sorcha

Moved the same way as Sorcha

Sorcha at a glance

What stands out in Sorcha's record

Sorcha across 3 official records

Sorcha by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Sorcha appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Sorcha

Sorcha and the names beside it

Sorcha moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sorcha

Moved the opposite way to Sorcha

Moved the same way as Sorcha