Síomha

Síomha was the #127 girls' name in Ireland in 2025 (37 babies).

Síomha as a girl’s name

  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Síomha 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.00.511.52197019801990200020102020Ireland
Síomha 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.00.511.52198020002020
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——#127 (37)
2024——#166 (28)
2023——#247 (16)
2022——#237 (18)
2021——#221 (21)
2020——#178 (26)
2019——#313 (14)
2018——#255 (18)
2017#5,765 (3)——
2006—#384 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2025 at #127.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Ireland in 2018.

How common is it?

about 1 in 570 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, Síomha is likely to hold steady in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 550 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 330 to 1 in 910.

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
SiomhaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
SíomhaIrelandGirls#12737
SiomhaIrelandGirls—too few
SiomhaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few