Finnegan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Finnegan: Recorded every year since 1998, it reached #1,744 in 2006, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#1744highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
1999	#2425
2000	#3036
2001	#1949
2002	#2005
2003	#2189
2004	#1878
2005	#2754
2006	#1744
2007	#3589
2008	#2276
2009	#1859
2010	#3332
2011	#2194
2012	#3416
2013	#2216
2014	#2079
2015	#3004
2016	#2175
2017	#2512
2018	#2259
2019	#2488
2020	#2228
2021	#2125
2022	#2018
2023	#1906
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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 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: #1744 among boys in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Finnegan 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 Finnegan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	67	10 of 10	7
2010s	79	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	50	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

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

Finnegan appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1744 in England and Wales in 2006.

Finnegan'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	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,744, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
27 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,671position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2023Under 25 births →

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.

Finnan · #324, 23y
Finnbar · #1642, 26y
Finnian · #192, 44y
Finnick · #1758, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Ajani · #1744, 23y
Alieu · #1744, 23y
Ashvin · #1744, 27y
Cynan · #1744, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ajani · #1744, 23y
Alieu · #1744, 23y
Ashvin · #1744, 27y
Cynan · #1744, 27y

Finnegan 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 Finnegan without appearing here.

Finnegan moved ahead of

Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3004 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2175 and #4810.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2216 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #4632.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Harald Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2901 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1744 and #4052.

Moved ahead of Finnegan

Arlo Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2425 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #2142.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2194 and #1398.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2259 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2488 and #2104.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2488 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2228 and #1935.

Moved the opposite way to Finnegan

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Finnegan went from #1744 to #2671 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1744 in England and Wales in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Finnegan

Finnegan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Finnegan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Finnegan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Finnegan and the names beside it

Finnegan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Finnegan

Moved the opposite way to Finnegan

Finnegan at a glance

Finnegan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Finnegan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Finnegan and the names beside it

Finnegan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Finnegan

Moved the opposite way to Finnegan