girl's name
Sile
- Origin Irish
- Gender Girl
- Letters 4
- Births on record 404
Ireland
#622
as Síle, 2025
Sile is a girl's name. In 2016 it was given to 5 babies in Ireland, ranking #668. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.
- Sile is a name of Irish origin.
- Peaked in Ireland in 1981, when 31 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in Ireland.
- First appears in birth records in 1964.
Sile over time
Births per decade in Ireland, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2016, not a full ten years. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2016, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 27 |
| 1970s | 85 |
| 1980s | 148 |
| 1990s | 64 |
| 2000s | 30 |
| 2010s (to 2016) | 30 |
| 2020s (to 2016) | 20 |
How popular is Sile?
In 2016, Sile was given to 5 babies in Ireland, ranking #668 that year. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.
Irish figures withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. The Central Statistics Office began recording the síneadh fada in 2018, so accented and unaccented spellings are counted separately from that year on. Data & sources.
How Sile is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Síle | Síle is a rare spelling of Sile, written with a fada and recorded 30 times, mostly in Ireland. | 30 |
Names that peaked alongside Sile
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Sile also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Sile over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sile in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Síle
Sibling names for Sile
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Sile — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Sile
Is Sile a girl's or a boy's name?
Sile is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Sile most popular?
Sile peaked in 1981, when 31 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Sile a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Sile currently ranks #622 in Ireland. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.