Sinead

Sinead was the #8,860 girls' name in the US in 2025 (11 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales.

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

Year	US	England & Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	Ireland	Canada
2025	#8,860 (11)	#3,333 (7)	—	—	—	—
2024	#7,967 (13)	#3,696 (6)	—	—	—	—
2023	#9,616 (10)	#1,705 (17)	—	#391 (3)	—	—
2022	#9,680 (10)	#3,534 (6)	—	#354 (4)	#905 (3)	—
2021	#10,292 (9)	#2,499 (10)	—	—	#661 (5)	—
2020	#12,142 (7)	#1,556 (19)	—	#397 (3)	—	—
2019	#9,112 (11)	#2,458 (10)	—	#424 (3)	#871 (3)	#3,266 (5)
2018	#9,806 (10)	#1,314 (25)	—	#273 (6)	#629 (5)	#2,587 (7)
2017	#7,840 (14)	#1,258 (27)	#369 (9)	#432 (3)	#178 (29)	—
2016	#12,876 (7)	#1,241 (27)	—	#251 (7)	#170 (32)	—
2015	#10,148 (10)	#722 (55)	#653 (4)	#269 (6)	#192 (29)	—
2014	#8,485 (13)	#715 (55)	#430 (8)	#247 (7)	#188 (28)	#2,617 (7)
2013	#9,036 (12)	#584 (70)	#367 (10)	#234 (8)	#131 (47)	#3,286 (5)
2012	#9,711 (11)	#522 (81)	#580 (5)	#330 (5)	#136 (43)	#2,158 (9)
2011	#7,118 (17)	#569 (71)	#363 (10)	#224 (8)	#94 (73)	#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

about 1 in 140,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

Where	Sex	Latest year	Share	Verdict
US	Girls	2025	about 1 in 140,000	rare
England & Wales	Girls	2025	about 1 in 36,000	rare

On its recent trend, Sinead is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 120,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 96,000 to 1 in 150,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

Spelling	Where	Sex	Latest rank	Babies
Sinead	Canada	Girls	—	too few
Sinead	England & Wales	Girls	#3,333	7
Sinéad	Ireland	Girls	#718	4
Sinead	Ireland	Girls	—	too few
Sinead	Northern Ireland	Girls	—	too few
Sinead	Scotland	Girls	—	too few
Sinead	US	Girls	#8,860	11