UK girl's name
Saorla
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2019. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Saorla is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Saorla popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2019 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5591, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2019, with 3 births.
This profile covers 3 England and Wales registrations across 1 recorded years from 2019 to 2019. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
Saorla is at its recorded peak in the England and Wales series.
We estimate that about 85 living people in the UK are called Saorla. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2020 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Saorla ranked #5591 for girls in England and Wales in 2019, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2019, when 3 girls were registered as Saorla.
- • Saorla ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #288 in 2024.
- • About 85 living people in the UK are estimated to have Saorla as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5591
2019
Births in 2019
3
Latest year
Peak year
2019
3 births
Estimated living
85
2026
Decades
Saorla by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Saorla was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | #5591 | 3 | 1 |
Geography
Where Saorla is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Saorla. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Saorla ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #288 in 2024.
Across the UK
Saorla in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#288 in 2024
15 years of NISRA records, 82 total registered
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FAQ
Saorla: questions and answers
How popular is the name Saorla in the UK right now?
In 2019, Saorla was ranked #5591 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Saorla most popular?
The peak year on record was 2019, with 3 babies registered as Saorla in England and Wales.
How many people are called Saorla in the UK?
A total of 3 babies have been registered as Saorla across the 1 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here and 82 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Saorla most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Saorla ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #288 in 2024. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.