Sorcha

Sorcha was the #11,932 girls' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies), and #5,927 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	#11,932 (7)	#5,927 (3)	#324 (10)	—	#273 (15)	—
2024	—	#4,844 (4)	#541 (5)	#253 (6)	#275 (15)	—
2023	#12,197 (7)	#4,710 (4)	#630 (4)	—	#404 (9)	—
2022	#15,306 (5)	#4,646 (4)	#625 (4)	—	#237 (18)	—
2021	#13,464 (6)	#2,711 (9)	#558 (5)	#298 (5)	#661 (5)	—
2020	#15,088 (5)	#2,615 (9)	—	#281 (5)	#264 (16)	—
2019	#12,448 (7)	#2,869 (8)	—	#336 (4)	#296 (15)	—
2018	—	#2,901 (8)	#449 (7)	#218 (8)	#387 (11)	—
2017	#8,299 (13)	#2,706 (9)	#666 (4)	#296 (5)	#316 (14)	#2,179 (9)
2016	#10,113 (10)	#3,609 (6)	#675 (4)	#251 (7)	#254 (18)	—
2015	#13,006 (7)	#2,496 (10)	#509 (6)	#223 (8)	#233 (22)	—
2014	#14,558 (6)	#2,862 (8)	#681 (4)	—	#184 (29)	—
2013	—	#3,536 (6)	—	#167 (12)	#254 (20)	—
2012	#10,429 (10)	#1,720 (17)	#815 (3)	#297 (6)	#164 (36)	—
2011	#11,181 (9)	#2,636 (9)	#674 (4)	#189 (10)	#170 (34)	—

The tide so far

about 1 in 250,000 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 250,000	rare
England & Wales	Girls	2025	about 1 in 83,000	rare
Scotland	Girls	2025	about 1 in 1,800	uncommon
Ireland	Girls	2025	about 1 in 1,400	uncommon

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

Spelling	Where	Sex	Latest rank	Babies
Sorcha	Canada	Girls	—	too few
Sorcha	England & Wales	Girls	#5,927	3
Sorcha	Ireland	Girls	#273	15
Sorcha	Northern Ireland	Girls	—	too few
Sorcha	Scotland	Girls	#324	10
Sorcha	US	Girls	#11,932	7