# Finbar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/finbar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Finbarr, Finbarre, Finnbar |
| US babies named this | 148 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 148 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 363, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Fionnbharr.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 10 | 6,698 |
| 2003 | 9 | 7,440 |
| 2004 | 10 | 7,153 |
| 2005 | 6 | 10,523 |
| 2006 | 9 | 8,225 |
| 2007 | 10 | 7,775 |
| 2008 | 10 | 7,878 |
| 2009 | 16 | 5,641 |
| 2010 | 13 | 6,467 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,134 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9,982 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,836 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,091 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,386 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,262 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,539 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.