NameTides

Saorlaith

Saorlaith was the #77 girls' name in Northern Ireland in 2025 (27 babies).

Saorlaith as a girl’s name

  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Saorlaith as a girl’s name, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.755197019801990200020102020Northern IrelandIreland
Saorlaith as a girl’s name, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.755198020002020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIreland
2025—#77 (27)#247 (17)
2024—#91 (23)#259 (16)
2023—#135 (15)#364 (10)
2022—#90 (24)#266 (16)
2021—#100 (23)#284 (15)
2020—#140 (14)#336 (12)
2019—#113 (19)#362 (11)
2018—#108 (23)#474 (8)
2017—#164 (13)#396 (10)
2016#5,785 (3)#123 (18)#476 (8)
2015—#188 (11)#494 (8)
2014—#142 (16)#336 (14)
2013—#199 (10)#587 (6)
2012—#139 (14)#612 (6)
2011——#937 (3)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Northern Ireland in 2025 at #77.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Northern Ireland in 2002.

How common is it?

about 1 in 270 baby girls in the published Northern Ireland list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 270common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Saorlaith is likely to keep falling in Northern Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 290 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 180 to 1 in 460.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.