How Many People Are Named Saoirse?
people named Saoirse are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 84,537 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,068 babies named Saoirse in Social Security records from 1993 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
373 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "freedom" in Irish Gaelic.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Saoirse in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Saoirse alive today is about 8 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 10 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Saoirse first appears in the records in 1993 and was given most often in 2020, to 373 babies. In 2025, 222 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1993 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Saoirse has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #735, in 2020. In 2025 it ranked #1,089.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,089 |
| Best rank | #735 (2020) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,291 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Saoirse alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Saoirse were born in California than in any other state: about 438 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Saoirse was given 4 times as often in Massachusetts, 2.5 times in Washington and 2.4 times in Oregon.
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