Saoirse
A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning freedom or liberty.
Babies a year
102
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#402
102 babies · up from #443
How Saoirse has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2016 | #970 |
| 2017 | #961 |
| 2018 | #821 |
| 2019 | #818 |
| 2020 | #735 |
| 2021 | #813 |
| 2022 | #901 |
| 2023 | #959 |
Saoirse by the numbers
In 2025, 102 babies in England and Wales were named Saoirse. In the US, 272 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 277 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Saoirse. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Safirebrass, messenger; modern spelling of Safir6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean freedom
Like Saoirse, each of these has freedom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Charlottefree woman; feminine form of Charles12,900 in the US (2017)
- Carolinefree woman; feminine form of Charles4,270 in the US (2017)
- Charliefree man1,679 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lottiefree woman; from Charlotte1,222 in England and Wales (2025)
- Charleefree man; a feminine spelling of charles1,176 in the US (2017)
- Frankiefree man; a form of Frank887 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Saoirse
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