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Siobhan

Gender
Girl
Origin
Irish
UK rank, 2025
#3,776 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,076 for girls

Siobhan is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,076th for girls in the US (90 babies).

What does Siobhan mean?

Irish

A female given name from Irish.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Siobhan a girl's or a boy's name?

Siobhan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 90 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Siobhan in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,776among girls
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 46,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 23% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Siobhan, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 421 girls.

Half of all the girls named Siobhan in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 421 in 19962025
Siobhan in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#3,776
20248#3,076
20236#3,766
20228#3,050
20216#3,697
20208#3,009
201911#2,420
20187#3,344
201718#1,763
201613#2,224
201514#2,085
201413#2,189
201323#1,461
201233#1,128
201136#1,039
201046#847
200945#836
200854#726
200772#563
200684#500
200572#521
2004109#383
2003104#388
2002141#299
2001169#269
2000227#212
1999257#194
1998295#169
1997352#151
1996421#119

How popular is Siobhan in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,076among girls
Babies in 2025
90about 1 in 18,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 90% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 90 girls in the US were named Siobhan, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,631st. Its busiest year was 1980, with 282 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.

Half of all the girls named Siobhan in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.

1956Busiest: 282 in 19802025
Siobhan in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202590#2,076
2024103#1,925
2023102#1,934
202284#2,228
2021100#1,955
202064#2,631
201947#3,336
201844#3,496
201733#4,303
201652#3,139
201556#3,024
201454#3,078
201369#2,568
201264#2,734
201152#3,172
201077#2,427
200962#2,825
200850#3,315
200757#3,047
200661#2,850
200564#2,632
200471#2,393
2003108#1,742
200291#1,932
200186#1,974
2000108#1,630
1999107#1,571
1998119#1,436
1997139#1,267
1996138#1,259
1995119#1,378
1994113#1,413
1993133#1,277
1992159#1,114
1991162#1,103
1990145#1,176
1989169#1,011
1988155#1,036
1987183#908
1986192#861
1985234#737
1984226#724
1983203#785
1982228#740
1981214#762
1980282#646
1979277#628
1978118#1,104
197777#1,440
197668#1,514
197558#1,655
197465#1,499
197373#1,361
197275#1,337
1971102#1,140
197083#1,293
196982#1,234
196882#1,196
196786#1,142
1966104#1,011
196597#1,063
196478#1,246
196377#1,250
196275#1,278
196198#1,108
196090#1,146
195986#1,148
195854#1,447
195767#1,288
195658#1,364

Names like Siobhan

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Siobhan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/siobhan, updated 20 October 2026.