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How popular is the name Finnegan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Finnegans are alive today.
Finnegan (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2664th in 2025 and given to 8 babies. The name peaked in 2023, when 12 babies were given the name, the 1907th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2009, with 11 babies given the name that year.
The Finnegan you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Finnegans born in England and Wales are between 6 and 21, and there are at least 230 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Finnegan - on average, only one in every 1,318 such rooms contains a Finnegan.
How many babies are named Finnegan each year?
Where does Finnegan rank among boys' 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 Finnegan most popular?
Finnegan peaked in 2023, when 12 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Finnegan?
At least 230 people named Finnegan born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Finnegan?
Most living Finnegans are between 6 and 21; the most common age is about 4.
Is Finnegan becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.