Finbar
Boy · FIN-bar · Irish
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Finbar is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “fair-haired”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Finbar mean?
Irish: anglicized form of Fionnbharr
“fair-haired”
St Finbarr, who founded a monastery at Cork around 600, is the city's patron saint.
- Say it
- FIN-bar
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Is Finbar a girl's or a boy's name?
Finbar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Finbar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Finbar, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 27 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Finbar than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Finbar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 24 boys in the UK were given Finbar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,108, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Finbar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,260 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,493 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,205 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,131 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,098 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,040 |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,010 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,109 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,008 |
| 2000 | 19 | #917 |
| 1999 | 22 | #807 |
| 1998 | 16 | #980 |
| 1997 | 27 | #671 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,146 |
How popular is Finbar in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Finbar in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Finbar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Nicknames for Finbar
- Finn 945 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Finbar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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