Fianna

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Fianna: Recorded since 2000, it reached #89 in 2021, and it stood at #161 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
38times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#89highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2020

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3970
2007	#5201
2008	#4524
2009	#4564
2012	#5876
2014	#5691
2015	#5730
2017	#3583
2019	#4686
2020	#5493

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Northern Ireland in 20 of the 25 years from 2000 to 2024.

In 2023: #159 among girls in Northern Ireland, #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2000–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2000
First recorded at #348 among girls in Northern Ireland in 2000 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Northern Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2000–2024
Highest recorded position: #89 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 2000–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #161 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2024.
Northern Ireland · Girls

Fianna appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Northern Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 2000, and has registered 268 births with the name.

Fianna 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.

Fianna'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
Northern Ireland · Girls	#348 (2000)	#89 (2021)	#161 (2024)	20 of 25	268 (2000–2024)	27 (2018)
England and Wales · Girls	#3970 (2005)	#3583 (2017)	#5493 (2020)	10 of 16	37 (2005–2020)	6 (2017)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#750 (2008)	#629 (2018)	#856 (2023)	8 of 16	32 (2008–2023)	5 (2014)

Fianna by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

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 Fianna in Northern Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	21	5 of 10	4
2010s	162	10 of 10	16
2020sbusiest	85	5 of 10	17

Across Northern Ireland · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names Northern Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Fianna 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 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #89 in Northern Ireland in 2021.

Fianna'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
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#161	12	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#159	12	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#114	19	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#89	25	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#119	17	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#98	22	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#92	27	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#122	19	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#102	24	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#107	23	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#156	13	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#255	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#163	12	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#213	9	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#224	8	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	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 2000 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #89, first reached in 2021.

It held a top-100 place in 3 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2018.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 8 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.

Kaye · #89, 20y
Saorlaith · #90, 19y
Clint · #86, 23y
Rehmat · #93, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Saorlaith · #90, 19y
Jax · #87, 23y
Anahera · #86, 3y
Parker · #93, 22y

Fianna was ranked #89 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2021. 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.

Fianna 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 Fianna without appearing here.

Fianna moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5730 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #5765.
Carol Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5730 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #4763.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3583 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #5591.
Kerry Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5730 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #4063.

Moved ahead of Fianna

Harper Compare
In 2012 they stood at #163 and #297 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #255 and #178.
Aurora Compare
In 2022 they stood at #114 and #147 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #159 and #91.
Thea Compare
In 2015 they stood at #107 and #123 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #102 and #42.
Mila Compare
In 2022 they stood at #114 and #127 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #159 and #115.

Moved the opposite way to Fianna

Aimee Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Fianna went from #348 to #161 while Aimee went from #25 to #179.
Alexandra Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Fianna went from #348 to #161 while Alexandra went from #63 to #253.
Amy Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Fianna went from #348 to #161 while Amy went from #8 to #253.
Anna Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Fianna went from #348 to #161 while Anna went from #12 to #19.

Moved the same way as Fianna

Amelia Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Fianna went from #348 to #161 and Amelia from #220 to #14.
Annie Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Fianna went from #348 to #161 and Annie from #151 to #11.
Aoife Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Fianna went from #348 to #161 and Aoife from #19 to #4.
Charlotte Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Fianna went from #348 to #161 and Charlotte from #38 to #6.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 2000 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #89 in Northern Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Fianna

Fianna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fianna across 3 official records

Fianna by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

Fianna appears in

Popularity data

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Fianna at a glance

Fianna across 3 official records

Fianna by decade in Northern Ireland · Girls

Fianna appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Fianna

Fianna and the names beside it

Fianna moved ahead of

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