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Siobhan

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Siobhan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 103 births. Its best rank was 629th, in 1979.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1030.01% of girls
Peak year
1980282 births
Best rank
#629in 1979
Since 1956
7,310people given the name
Babies named Siobhan, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

7,310 girls have been named Siobhan in the United States since 1956, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 282 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1986, and the 1980s alone account for 29%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadegirls named Siobhan
1950s265
1960s870
1970s996
1980s2,086
1990s1,334
2000s758
2010s548
2020s453

In 1980, its biggest year

Siobhan was the 649th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.

Names that rose and fell with Siobhan

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.