Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Sile

Gender

Female

Origin

Celtic/Gaelic
Youthful

Pronunciation

s(i)-le

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1981 (rank #195, 31 births); most recent 2025 (rank #590, 5 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20255
2024–
2023–
20226
20216
20203
20193
20187
2017–
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence