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How popular is the name Fionnuala?
Births per year, rank history and how many Fionnualas are alive today.
Fionnuala (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 2605th in 2025 and given to 10 babies. The name peaked in 1998, when 22 babies were given the name, the 955th most popular that year. It has declined since 1998; the 2025 figure is roughly 45% of its peak.
The Fionnuala you are most likely to meet is around 29 years old. Half of all Fionnualas born in England and Wales are between 18 and 33, and there are at least 380 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Fionnuala - on average, only one in every 829 such rooms contains a Fionnuala.
How many babies are named Fionnuala each year?
Where does Fionnuala rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Fionnuala most popular?
Fionnuala peaked in 1998, when 22 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Fionnuala?
At least 380 people named Fionnuala born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Fionnuala?
Most living Fionnualas are between 18 and 33; the most common age is about 29.
Is Fionnuala becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.