Fionnan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Fionnan: Recorded since 1971, it reached #211 in 2006, and it stood at #395 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
44times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#211highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Fionnan's record

Moved 159 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2000–2019

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3036
2011	#4647
2019	#4702

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 29 of the 47 years from 1971 to 2017.

In 2019: #418 among boys in Northern Ireland, #4702 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1971–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #304 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1971–2017
Highest recorded position: #211 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 1971–2017).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #395 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2023.
Northern Ireland · Boys

Fionnan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1971, and has registered 233 births with the name.

Fionnan 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.

Fionnan'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	#304 (1971)	#211 (2006)	#356 (2017)	29 of 47	233 (1971–2017)	24 (2011)
England and Wales · Boys	#3036 (2000)	#3036 (2000)	#4702 (2019)	3 of 20	9 (2000–2019)	3 (2000)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#264 (2004)	#244 (2013)	#395 (2023)	12 of 20	44 (2004–2023)	7 (2013)

Fionnan 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 Fionnan in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	3	1 of 10	3
1980s	12	3 of 10	4
1990s	31	7 of 10	4
2000s	97	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	90	8 of 10	11

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Fionnan 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 1971 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #211 in Republic of Ireland in 2006.

Fionnan'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
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#244	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#291	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#264	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#356	11	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#397	9	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	9	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#225	24	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#338	12	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	13	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#211	19	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	13	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	11	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#266	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#276	6	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	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 1971 and 2023, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #211, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2011.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 33 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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Fionntan · #167, 28y
Fionnuala · #116, 60y

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.

Shanice · #211, 32y
Christy · #210, 31y
Felicia · #210, 38y
Rafe · #210, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Juliane · #212, 40y
Padhraic · #212, 19y
Cailin · #213, 30y
Davin · #213, 43y

Fionnan was ranked #211 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2006. 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.

Fionnan 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 Fionnan without appearing here.

Fionnan moved ahead of

Gregory Compare
In 2010 they stood at #338 and #338 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #225 and #490.
Jakob Compare
In 2002 they stood at #317 and #317 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #245 and #500.
Derek Compare
In 2016 they stood at #448 and #448 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #356 and #610.
Graham Compare
In 2013 they stood at #448 and #448 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #403 and #550.

Moved ahead of Fionnan

Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #244 and #343 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #415 and #126.
Teddy Compare
In 2014 they stood at #244 and #343 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #415 and #179.
Jackson Compare
In 2012 they stood at #354 and #379 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #448 and #229.
Theodore Compare
In 2014 they stood at #244 and #343 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #415 and #211.

Moved the opposite way to Fionnan

Jake Compare
Between 1986 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fionnan went from #247 to #356 while Jake went from #317 to #36.
Max Compare
Between 1986 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fionnan went from #247 to #356 while Max went from #317 to #38.
Alfie Compare
Between 2004 and 2023 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Fionnan went from #264 to #395 while Alfie went from #169 to #15.
Archie Compare
Between 2004 and 2023 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Fionnan went from #264 to #395 while Archie went from #235 to #27.

Moved the same way as Fionnan

Graham Compare
Between 1971 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fionnan went from #304 to #448 and Graham from #73 to #541.
Mitchell Compare
Between 1992 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Fionnan went from #298 to #448 and Mitchell from #298 to #713.
Aaron Compare
Between 2004 and 2023 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Fionnan went from #264 to #395 and Aaron from #14 to #161.
Adam Compare
Between 2004 and 2023 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Fionnan went from #264 to #395 and Adam from #4 to #60.

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 1971 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #211 in Republic of Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Fionnan

Fionnan at a glance

What stands out in Fionnan's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Fionnan across 3 official records

Fionnan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Fionnan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Fionnan at a glance

What stands out in Fionnan's record

Fionnan across 3 official records

Fionnan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Fionnan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Fionnan

Fionnan and the names beside it

Fionnan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Fionnan

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