# Finnian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/finnian/  
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 | “fair” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,206 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,206 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 720, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Irish, variant of Fionnán; see fionn (“fair”).

## What it means

Finnian is grouped under white.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 133 | 1,287 |
| 2012 | 130 | 1,318 |
| 2013 | 127 | 1,341 |
| 2014 | 125 | 1,368 |
| 2015 | 167 | 1,134 |
| 2016 | 187 | 1,059 |
| 2017 | 175 | 1,107 |
| 2018 | 162 | 1,176 |
| 2019 | 148 | 1,267 |
| 2020 | 122 | 1,418 |
| 2021 | 127 | 1,431 |
| 2022 | 122 | 1,483 |
| 2023 | 109 | 1,593 |
| 2024 | 117 | 1,518 |
| 2025 | 119 | 1,487 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | 958 |
| 2012 | 27 | 1,021 |
| 2013 | 13 | 1,706 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,186 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2018 | 24 | 1,132 |
| 2019 | 25 | 1,083 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,051 |
| 2021 | 33 | 907 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1,309 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,307 |

## 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.