Finton

maleStatistical record

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

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

Finton: Recorded since 1965, with a gap of 28 years, its highest recorded position is #222, and it was last ranked in 2016.

2registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#222highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Finton's record

Absent from every published list for 28 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2016

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
1999	#2097
2001	#2587
2002	#3225
2003	#2470
2004	#2304
2005	#2174
2006	#2282
2007	#2435
2008	#2097
2009	#1981
2010	#2400
2011	#2613
2012	#3039
2013	#2954
2014	#4632
2015	#3908
2016	#4810

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 England and Wales in 18 of the 19 years from 1998 to 2016.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1965–2016 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #222 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1965–1969
Highest recorded position: #222 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1965 (recorded 1965–1969).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2016
Most recently recorded at #4810 among boys in England and Wales, in 2016.
England and Wales · Boys

Finton appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 18 ranked years and 103 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1965.

Finton across 2 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.

Finton'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2901 (1998)	#1981 (2009)	#4810 (2016)	18 of 19	103 (1998–2016)	10 (2009)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#222 (1965)	#222 (1965)	#270 (1969)	4 of 5	16 (1965–1969)	5 (1967)

Finton by decade in England and Wales · 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 Finton in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	58	9 of 10	6
2010s	37	7 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Finton 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 2 regions, from 1965 to 2016. Highest recorded position: #222 in Republic of Ireland in 1967.

Finton'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
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#270	4	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	5	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1965 and 2016, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #222, first reached in 1965.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 28 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, 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.

Finola · #149, 49y
Fintan · #85, 61y
Finty · #2407, 16y
Fiona · #4, 71y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Vernon · #222, 26y
Bailie · #224, 26y
Eoghain · #224, 23y
Caidan · #217, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Lionel · #222, 33y
Neasa · #222, 60y
Vernon · #222, 26y
Fionan · #223, 41y

Finton was ranked #222 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.

Finton 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 Finton without appearing here.

Finton moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2304 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2282 and #4052.
Kim Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2435 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2097 and #3687.
Maddison Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2304 and #3651.
Sander Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2587 and #2587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2282 and #3385.

Moved ahead of Finton

Matheo Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2954 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #4632 and #2964.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2470 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2304 and #1347.
Arne Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3908 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #4023.
Malin Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2613 and #4647 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #4632 and #3895.

Moved the opposite way to Finton

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Finton went from #2901 to #4810 while Albie went from #716 to #88.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Finton went from #2901 to #4810 while Alfie went from #71 to #14.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Finton went from #2901 to #4810 while Archie went from #120 to #18.
Arthur Compare
Between 1998 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Finton went from #2901 to #4810 while Arthur went from #201 to #30.

Moved the same way as Finton

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Finton went from #2901 to #4810 and Aaron from #31 to #95.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Finton went from #2901 to #4810 and Adam from #21 to #37.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Finton went from #2901 to #4810 and Alex from #46 to #84.
Andrew Compare
Between 1998 and 2016 in England and Wales · Boys, Finton went from #2901 to #4810 and Andrew from #42 to #209.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1965 to 2016. Highest recorded position: #222 in Republic of Ireland in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Finton

Finton at a glance

What stands out in Finton's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Finton across 2 official records

Finton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Finton appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Finton at a glance

What stands out in Finton's record

Finton across 2 official records

Finton by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Finton 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 Finton

Finton and the names beside it

Finton moved ahead of

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