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Siobhan

#2,096 in 2025Girls' name

God is gracious

Siobhan has been given to 7,399 babies in the U.S. since 1956. In 2025 it ranked #2,096 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1980, with 282 recorded.

Babies named Siobhan, 2025

1 in 36,800

Siobhan over time, 1880–2025

Girls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Siobhan: meaning, origin, and history

God is gracious

Hebrew and Irish

What Siobhan means

Siobhan means “God is gracious”, associated with Yôḥānāh.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Anglicized spelling of Irish Siobhán, from Middle Irish Sibán, from Anglo-Norman Jehane or Jehanne, from Old French Jehanne, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) or יוֹחָנָן (Yōḥānān), which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.

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Origin, language, and formation

Siobhan is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew and Irish.

Siobhan comes through Irish Siobhán, Middle Irish Sibán, Anglo-Norman Jehane, Old French Jehanne, Medieval Latin Johanna and Koine Greek Ἰωάννα.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Joanna, יְהוֹחָנָן, Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne and Jen.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Siobhan is pronounced /ʃəˈvɔːn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,399 girls were recorded with the name Siobhan between 1956 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 282 in 1980; its best national rank was #629 in 1979.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,656 in 2020 to #2,096 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,055 in 2015 to #2,096 in 2025.

How common is Siobhan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 36,800
90 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 17,900
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,096
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
25,533 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Siobhan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 25,533 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Siobhan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Siobhans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Siobhan was born before 1986 — so the typical Siobhan is around 39 today.

Median birth year
1986
About 39 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
28.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
23.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
7,399
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 28.2% of all recorded uses (2,086).

Is Siobhan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−157
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+560
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+959
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.61×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
31.9%
Peak was 1980 (282)
Years since peak
45
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#629
1979

Where Siobhan is used

Across 2016–2025, Siobhan was most concentrated in Massachusetts — about 1 in 9,091 girls, against 1 in 28,354 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in 100,000).

111 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Massachusetts1 in 9,091
  2. 2New York1 in 11,111
  3. 3Pennsylvania1 in 14,286
  4. 4Virginia1 in 20,000
  5. 5New Jersey1 in 25,000
  6. 6California1 in 33,333
  7. 7Texas1 in 33,333
  8. 8Washington1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Siobhan around the world

Where Siobhan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #3,705
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1974–2018
    #809
    in 2018
  • Northern Ireland
    1997–2019
    #336
    in 2019
  • Ireland
    1964–2025
    #483
    in 2025
  • France
    1988–2025
    #7,236
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,104
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1959–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Siobhan

People whose public names include Siobhan, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Siobhan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,096
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 560
Best rank ever
#629
1979
Peak year
1980
282 that year
First recorded
1956
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,399
Count in 2025
90

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Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Siobhan

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Siobhan, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Siobhan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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