Name Generator

How popular is the name Finnian?

Births per year, rank history and how many Finnians are alive today.

Finnian (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1307th in 2025 and given to 21 babies. The name peaked in 2021, when 33 babies were given the name, the 907th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2006, with 32 babies given the name that year.

The Finnian you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old - or else around 6: the name has two living generations. Half of all Finnians born in England and Wales are between 11 and 27, and there are at least 850 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 Finnian - on average, only one in every 357 such rooms contains a Finnian.

How many babies are named Finnian each year?

0102030200020201996: 201997: 221998: 261999: 302000: 292001: 302002: 292003: 252004: 292005: 302006: 322007: 262008: 232009: 212010: 272011: 292012: 272013: 132014: 192015: 222016: 192017: 152018: 242019: 252020: 262021: 332022: 122023: 202024: 162025: 21actual

Where does Finnian rank among boys' names?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 7551997: ranked 7251998: ranked 6571999: ranked 5962000: ranked 6242001: ranked 6172002: ranked 6712003: ranked 8132004: ranked 7602005: ranked 7882006: ranked 7932007: ranked 9522008: ranked 1,0852009: ranked 1,1752010: ranked 1,0292011: ranked 9582012: ranked 1,0212013: ranked 1,7062014: ranked 1,3272015: ranked 1,1862016: ranked 1,3632017: ranked 1,6272018: ranked 1,1322019: ranked 1,0832020: ranked 1,0512021: ranked 9072022: ranked 1,8802023: ranked 1,3092024: ranked 1,5952025: ranked 1,307

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.

Chart: babies named Finnian per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 33 in 2021
Finnian: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Finnian most popular?

Finnian peaked in 2021, when 33 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Finnian?

At least 850 people named Finnian born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Finnian?

Most living Finnians are between 11 and 27; the most common age is about 21. There is a second cluster around 6.

Is Finnian becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






Contact: writer@name-generator.org.uk | Data and Privacy Information | Change privacy settings