Saorlaith
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAIR-la
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,247 for girls
Big in Northern Ireland
Saorlaith is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,247th for girls in the UK (27 babies).
What does Saorlaith mean?
Irish: modern Irish name
A modern Irish name, usually explained as combining saor, free or noble, with flaith, princess.
Is Saorlaith a girl's or a boy's name?
Saorlaith is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saorlaith in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,247among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were named Saorlaith, making it the 1,247th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th.
2025 had the most girls named Saorlaith of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Saorlaith in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 77th in Northern Ireland.
Saorlaith in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,247 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,449 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 24 | #1,406 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,448 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,552 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
Names like Saorlaith
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fiadh Eden Orla Aoife Aoibheann Quinn Clodagh Eireann Saoirse Kiara Cassidy Rowan
Names related to Saorlaith
More Irish names
Oscar Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Kennedy Callan Lennon
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Saorlaith: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saorlaith, updated 20 October 2026.