Siofra

Síofra was the #110 girls' name in Ireland in 2025 (42 babies).

Siofra as a girl’s name

  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Siofra 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.00.631.251.882.5197019801990200020102020Northern Ireland
Siofra 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.00.631.251.882.5198020002020
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—#205 (8)—
2024#5,892 (3)#134 (15)—
2023#4,057 (5)#209 (8)#856 (3)
2022—#183 (10)—
2021—#266 (6)—
2020—#246 (6)—
2019#5,591 (3)#263 (6)—
2018—#238 (7)—
2017#2,925 (8)#239 (7)#165 (32)
2016—#276 (6)#166 (33)
2015——#222 (23)
2014—#229 (8)#127 (47)
2013—#234 (8)#193 (30)
2012—#229 (8)#151 (38)
2011—#277 (6)#116 (55)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2023 at #100.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Ireland in 2018.

How common is it?

about 1 in 500 baby girls in the published Ireland list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Siofra is likely to keep rising in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 340 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 220 to 1 in 530.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SiofraEngland & WalesGirls—too few
SíofraIrelandGirls#11042
SiofraIrelandGirls—too few
SiofraNorthern IrelandGirls#2058