Finnian

maleStatistical record

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

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

Finnian: Recorded since 1964, it reached #192 in 1986, and it stood at #402 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
74times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#192highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#755
1997	#725
1998	#657
1999	#596
2000	#624
2001	#617
2002	#671
2003	#813
2004	#760
2005	#788
2006	#793
2007	#952
2008	#1085
2009	#1175
2010	#1029
2011	#958
2012	#1021
2013	#1706
2014	#1327
2015	#1186
2016	#1363
2017	#1627
2018	#1132
2019	#1083
2020	#1051
2021	#907
2022	#1879
2023	#1309
2024	#1595

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 Republic of Ireland in 37 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2023: #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1309 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #232 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #192 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1986 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #402 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Finnian appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 37 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 191 births with the name.

Finnian 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.

Finnian'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#232 (1964)	#192 (1986)	#402 (2025)	37 of 62	191 (1964–2025)	11 (1986)
England and Wales · Boys	#755 (1996)	#596 (1999)	#1595 (2024)	29 of 29	699 (1996–2024)	33 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#339 (2010)	#311 (2012)	#334 (2020)	8 of 11	31 (2010–2020)	5 (2012)

Finnian by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Finnian in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	3	1 of 10	3
1970s	3	1 of 10	3
1980s	41	8 of 10	5
1990s	39	8 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	49	8 of 10	6
2010s	34	7 of 10	5
2020s	22	4 of 10	6

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Finnian 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 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #192 in Republic of Ireland in 1986.

Finnian'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	#1595	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1309	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#907	33	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1051	26	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1083	25	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1132	24	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1627	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1186	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1021	27	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#958	29	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1029	27	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1175	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1085	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#952	26	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#793	32	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#788	30	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#760	29	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#813	25	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#671	29	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#617	30	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#624	29	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#596	30	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#657	26	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#725	22	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#755	20	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#334	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#319	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#496	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#508	6	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	#491	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#444	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#249	9	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	7	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#278	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	11	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	6	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#252	6	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	3	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 1964 and 2025, ranked in 44 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #192, first reached in 1986.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 46 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.

Finnbar · #1642, 26y
Finnegan · #1744, 27y
Finnick · #1758, 11y
Finnley · #268, 28y

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.

Patrice · #192, 40y
Cecelia · #189, 44y
Mattias · #189, 48y
Anas · #196, 42y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Frederik · #192, 55y
Patrice · #192, 40y
Aodh · #191, 21y
Garvan · #193, 22y

Finnian was ranked #192 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1986. 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.

Finnian 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 Finnian without appearing here.

Finnian moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1309 and #4107.
Roger Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1781 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1309 and #3523.
Craig Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1692 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1309 and #2325.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1309 and #2160.

Moved ahead of Finnian

Ronny Compare
In 2021 they stood at #907 and #985 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #825.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #907 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #967.
Conan Compare
In 2021 they stood at #907 and #1023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #1143.
Markus Compare
In 2021 they stood at #907 and #1250 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #1224.

Moved the opposite way to Finnian

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Finnian went from #232 to #402 while Alexander went from #116 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Finnian went from #232 to #402 while Benjamin went from #139 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Finnian went from #232 to #402 while Conor went from #56 to #16.
Liam Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Finnian went from #232 to #402 while Liam went from #54 to #7.

Moved the same way as Finnian

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Finnian went from #232 to #402 and Adrian from #65 to #348.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Finnian went from #232 to #402 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Finnian went from #232 to #402 and Denis from #21 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Finnian went from #232 to #402 and Edward from #18 to #125.

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 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #192 in Republic of Ireland in 1986. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Finnian

Finnian at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Finnian across 3 official records

Finnian by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Finnian appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Finnian

Finnian and the names beside it

Finnian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Finnian

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Moved the same way as Finnian

Finnian at a glance

Finnian across 3 official records

Finnian by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Finnian 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 Finnian

Finnian and the names beside it

Finnian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Finnian

Moved the opposite way to Finnian

Moved the same way as Finnian