Finan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Finan: Recorded since 1999, it reached #439 in 2004, and it stood at #785 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#439highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2943
2000	#3036
2002	#2254
2003	#2470
2004	#3009
2006	#4052
2007	#2211
2008	#2775
2009	#2544
2010	#4678
2011	#3830
2012	#4805
2014	#4632
2016	#4023
2017	#3996
2018	#3011
2019	#2104
2020	#1548
2021	#1782
2022	#1084
2023	#1042
2024	#1235

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

In 2024: #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1235 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2943 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #439 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2004 (recorded 2004–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1235 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Finan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 185 births with the name.

Finan 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.

Finan'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	#2943 (1999)	#1042 (2023)	#1235 (2024)	22 of 26	185 (1999–2024)	28 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#439 (2004)	#439 (2004)	#785 (2024)	10 of 21	40 (2004–2024)	5 (2008)

Finan 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 Finan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	41	8 of 10	5
2010s	37	8 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	104	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 21 births a year.

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

Finan 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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #439 in Republic of Ireland in 2004.

Finan'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	#1235	22	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1042	28	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1084	26	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1782	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2544	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	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 1999 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #439, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 5 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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Finbarr · #70, 62y

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.

Abdelrahman · #439, 19y
Arley · #439, 23y
Kiesha · #439, 18y
Oluwatosin · #439, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abdelrahman · #439, 19y
Caleigh · #439, 14y
Daisy-Mae · #439, 29y
Katie-Marie · #439, 16y

Finan was ranked #439 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2004. 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.

Finan 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 Finan without appearing here.

Finan moved ahead of

Ada Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4805 and #4805 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1782 and #4789.
Willow Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3011 and #2445 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2104 and #4702.
Anders Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3011 and #2259 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2104 and #3937.
Arne Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4023 and #4023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2104 and #3937.

Moved ahead of Finan

Cooper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #540 and #623 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #616 and #233.
Archie Compare
In 2005 they stood at #439 and #506 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #596 and #334.
Beau Compare
In 2011 they stood at #540 and #730 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #616 and #457.
Bruce Compare
In 2009 they stood at #529 and #601 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #611 and #491.

Moved the opposite way to Finan

Aaron Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Finan went from #2943 to #1235 while Aaron went from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Finan went from #2943 to #1235 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Finan went from #2943 to #1235 while Alan went from #232 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Finan went from #2943 to #1235 while Alex went from #45 to #171.

Moved the same way as Finan

Albie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Finan went from #2943 to #1235 and Albie from #750 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Finan went from #2943 to #1235 and Alfie from #64 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Finan went from #2943 to #1235 and Alfred from #150 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Finan went from #2943 to #1235 and Archie from #108 to #10.

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 2 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #439 in Republic of Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Finan

Finan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Finan across 2 official records

Finan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Finan across 2 official records

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