Finola

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Finola: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #149, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
51times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#149highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#1365
1998	#2165
1999	#3225
2000	#2167
2001	#2226
2002	#3409
2003	#3594
2004	#3725
2005	#3382
2006	#5061
2010	#5707
2013	#5742
2014	#5691
2016	#5785
2021	#3519
2022	#3148
2023	#3598
2024	#4192

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 Republic of Ireland in 32 of the 41 years from 1964 to 2004.

In 2004: #677 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3725 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #149 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2004
Highest recorded position: #149 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2004).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Finola appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 32 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 405 births with the name.

Finola 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.

Finola'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 · Girls	#149 (1964)	#149 (1964)	#677 (2004)	32 of 41	405 (1964–2004)	28 (1971)
England and Wales · Girls	#1755 (1996)	#1365 (1997)	#4192 (2024)	19 of 29	103 (1996–2024)	13 (1997)

Finola by decade in Republic of 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 Finola in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	135	6 of 10	23
1970s	177	10 of 10	18
1980s	67	10 of 10	7
1990s	23	5 of 10	5
2000s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 23 births a year.

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

Finola 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 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #149 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Finola'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	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1365	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#450	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#442	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	5	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	9	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#298	11	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	11	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	8	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	14	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#240	17	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	7	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#205	23	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#264	14	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	19	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#208	22	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	28	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#175	27	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#183	25	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	16	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	16	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#162	26	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#155	27	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#149	25	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 1964 and 2024, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #149, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1971.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 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.

Finnick · #1758, 11y
Finnley · #268, 28y
Fintan · #85, 61y
Finton · #222, 22y

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.

Svetlana · #148, 53y
Sylvester · #148, 47y
Mattis · #152, 52y
Ambrose · #155, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Daphne · #150, 49y
Krister · #148, 46y
Sylvester · #148, 47y
Sylwia · #150, 37y

Finola was ranked #149 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. 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.

Finola 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 Finola without appearing here.

Finola moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5785 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #5669.
Debra Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #5669.
Kristin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5785 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #5687.
Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5785 and #3609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Finola

Blake Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3225 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #1587.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2226 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #938.
Diane Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2226 and #2466 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #1530.
Dylan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3382 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #5061 and #3548.

Moved the opposite way to Finola

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2004 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Finola went from #149 to #677 while Aisling went from #154 to #29.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2004 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Finola went from #149 to #677 while Alexandra went from #222 to #68.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2004 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Finola went from #149 to #677 while Charlotte went from #171 to #76.
Ciara Compare
Between 1964 and 2004 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Finola went from #149 to #677 while Ciara went from #146 to #6.

Moved the same way as Finola

Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2004 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Finola went from #149 to #677 and Annie from #112 to #160.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1964 and 2004 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Finola went from #149 to #677 and Deirdre from #14 to #340.
Diane Compare
Between 1964 and 2004 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Finola went from #149 to #677 and Diane from #215 to #576.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2004 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Finola went from #149 to #677 and Eileen from #17 to #340.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #149 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Finola

Finola at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Finola across 2 official records

Finola by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Finola appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Finola at a glance

Finola across 2 official records

Finola by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Finola 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 Finola

Finola and the names beside it

Finola moved ahead of

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