Siobhan
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
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
By decade
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.
- Leighannpeak 1986
- Eliciapeak 1983
- Leighannepeak 1989
- Teiapeak 1980
- Aliciapeak 1984
- Reenapeak 1980
- Alisonpeak 1980
- Griselpeak 1984
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.