Meaning and history
Saoirse means “freedom” in Irish Gaelic and began to be used as a given name in the 20th century.
20062006: 42 births, rank #3,669
2007: 38 births, rank #4,050
2008: 82 births, rank #2,354
2009: 56 births, rank #3,047
2010: 72 births, rank #2,538
20112011: 101 births, rank #1,953
2012: 110 births, rank #1,831
2013: 80 births, rank #2,305
2014: 112 births, rank #1,818
2015: 159 births, rank #1,448
20162016: 278 births, rank #967
2017: 276 births, rank #959
2018: 331 births, rank #819
2019: 334 births, rank #818
2020: 373 births, rank #732
20212021: 344 births, rank #811
2022: 312 births, rank #892
2023: 272 births, rank #957
2024: 245 births, rank #1,027
20252025: 222 births, rank #1,085
Saoirse moved from #894 to #959 for girls between 2022 and 2023. Its highest annual birth count came in 2020, with 373 births.