Finnan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Finnan: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #324, and it stood at #619 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#324highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
2002	#1411
2003	#1771
2004	#1347
2005	#1014
2006	#1280
2007	#1201
2008	#1343
2009	#1981
2010	#1620
2011	#2892
2012	#3987
2013	#2660
2014	#3895
2016	#4023
2017	#4812
2019	#3013
2020	#1825
2021	#1688
2022	#1534
2023	#1363
2024	#1758

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 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2024: #619 among boys in Scotland, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1758 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #324 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1998–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Finnan 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 1998, and has registered 240 births with the name.

Finnan 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.

Finnan'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)	#1014 (2005)	#1758 (2024)	22 of 27	240 (1998–2024)	21 (2005)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#324 (1998)	#324 (1998)	#785 (2024)	13 of 27	61 (1998–2024)	8 (2007)

Finnan 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 Finnan 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	114	8 of 10	14
2010s	48	8 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	75	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Finnan 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #324 in Republic of Ireland in 1998.

Finnan'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	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1688	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1343	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1201	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1280	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1014	21	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1347	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#422	8	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	8	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #324, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 26 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.

Finley-James · #1635, 14y
Finn · #6, 81y
Finnbar · #1642, 26y
Finnegan · #1744, 27y

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.

Kourtney · #324, 27y
Cassian · #323, 27y
Pat · #322, 23y
Corrina · #321, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Chi · #324, 29y
Dante · #324, 30y
Issac · #324, 30y
Kourtney · #324, 27y

Finnan was ranked #324 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1998. 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.

Finnan 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 Finnan without appearing here.

Finnan moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4812 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1825 and #4608.
Harald Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1280 and #4052.
Graeme Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4812 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1363 and #4107.
Maddison Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1347 and #3651.

Moved ahead of Finnan

Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1363 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #1132.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1688 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1534 and #967.
Jackson Compare
In 2009 they stood at #532 and #701 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #720 and #322.
Teddy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #422 and #479 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #715 and #364.

Moved the opposite way to Finnan

Alexander Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Finnan went from #324 to #785 while Alexander went from #75 to #44.
Arthur Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Finnan went from #324 to #785 while Arthur went from #280 to #47.
Blake Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Finnan went from #324 to #785 while Blake went from #242 to #119.
Caleb Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Finnan went from #324 to #785 while Caleb went from #242 to #91.

Moved the same way as Finnan

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Finnan went from #324 to #785 and Aaron from #6 to #79.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Finnan went from #324 to #785 and Adam from #5 to #25.
Adrian Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Finnan went from #324 to #785 and Adrian from #133 to #200.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Finnan went from #324 to #785 and Alan from #46 to #240.

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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #324 in Republic of Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Finnan

Finnan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Finnan across 2 official records

Finnan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Finnan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Finnan at a glance

Finnan across 2 official records

Finnan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Finnan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Finnan

Finnan and the names beside it

Finnan moved ahead of

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