Fintan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Fintan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Fintan: Recorded every year since 1964, its highest recorded position is #85, and it stood at #278 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
118times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#85highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Fintan's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Moved 108 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#784
1997	#678
1998	#738
1999	#679
2000	#480
2001	#544
2002	#633
2003	#615
2004	#815
2005	#827
2006	#793
2007	#711
2008	#964
2009	#904
2010	#854
2011	#944
2012	#1191
2013	#1462
2014	#1035
2015	#1442
2016	#1498
2017	#1627
2018	#1382
2019	#1745
2020	#1825
2021	#2730
2022	#2018
2023	#3112
2024	#2671

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1964 to 2024.

In 2024: #278 among boys in Northern Ireland, #582 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2671 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #100 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2024
Highest recorded position: #85 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1965 (recorded 1964–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Fintan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 61 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 1,516 births with the name.

Fintan across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Fintan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#100 (1964)	#85 (1965)	#582 (2024)	61 of 61	1,516 (1964–2024)	69 (1971)
England and Wales · Boys	#784 (1996)	#480 (2000)	#2671 (2024)	29 of 29	668 (1996–2024)	41 (2000)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#192 (1997)	#123 (2007)	#278 (2024)	28 of 28	277 (1997–2024)	23 (2007)

Fintan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Fintan in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	262	6 of 10	44
1970sbusiest	452	10 of 10	45
1980s	316	10 of 10	32
1990s	196	10 of 10	20
2000s	176	10 of 10	18
2010s	85	10 of 10	9
2020s	29	5 of 10	6

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 45 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Fintan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #85 in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Fintan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1745	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1382	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1035	27	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1462	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1191	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#944	30	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#854	34	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#904	30	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#964	27	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#711	39	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#793	32	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#827	28	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#815	26	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#615	36	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#633	31	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#544	35	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#480	41	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#679	25	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#738	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#678	24	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#784	19	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#278	6	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#285	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#266	7	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#270	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#254	7	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#195	11	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#171	14	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#180	13	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#288	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#228	9	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#186	12	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#231	8	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#183	13	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#167	15	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#207	10	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#123	23	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#163	13	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#145	15	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#192	8	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#229	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#186	7	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#181	8	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#152	10	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#158	10	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#158	11	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#192	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#582	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#396	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#496	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#376	10	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#428	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#352	11	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	12	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	13	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	17	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#231	22	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	17	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#218	18	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#178	23	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	17	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	16	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	24	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	10	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	12	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	10	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	13	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#162	19	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#160	19	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	22	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	17	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#148	24	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#141	28	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#143	26	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#166	18	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#133	29	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	25	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#140	26	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#142	25	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#127	32	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#119	37	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#129	32	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	30	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#120	41	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#123	39	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#117	43	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#127	32	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#122	34	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#115	41	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#127	28	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#107	50	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#106	48	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#97	62	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#94	69	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#101	45	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#95	52	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#90	50	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#89	48	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#103	34	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#85	49	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#100	29	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #85, first reached in 1965.

It held a top-100 place in 7 years, 3 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 69 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1971.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Antoinette · #87, 56y
Cliona · #83, 59y
Muireann · #87, 61y
Emmet · #82, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Giuseppe · #85, 36y
Pearse · #85, 60y
Quentin · #85, 36y
Vilma · #85, 53y

Fintan was ranked #85 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1965. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Fintan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Fintan without appearing here.

Fintan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2018 and #4001.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Fintan

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2018 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1461.
Andrea Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1825 and #1935 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2730 and #1860.
Gunnar Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1825 and #1935 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2730 and #1860.
Gustav Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2018 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #2325.

Moved the opposite way to Fintan

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fintan went from #100 to #582 while Alexander went from #116 to #44.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fintan went from #100 to #582 while Benjamin went from #139 to #74.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fintan went from #100 to #582 while Conor went from #56 to #19.
Daniel Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fintan went from #100 to #582 while Daniel went from #19 to #11.

Moved the same way as Fintan

Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fintan went from #100 to #582 and Alfred from #134 to #430.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fintan went from #100 to #582 and Denis from #21 to #195.
Frank Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fintan went from #100 to #582 and Frank from #164 to #267.
George Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fintan went from #100 to #582 and George from #52 to #88.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #85 in Republic of Ireland in 1965. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Fintan

Fintan at a glance

What stands out in Fintan's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fintan across 3 official records

Fintan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Fintan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Fintan

Fintan and the names beside it

Fintan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Fintan

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Moved the same way as Fintan

Fintan at a glance

What stands out in Fintan's record

Fintan across 3 official records

Fintan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Fintan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Fintan

Fintan and the names beside it

Fintan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Fintan

Moved the opposite way to Fintan

Moved the same way as Fintan