Finnan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FIN-an
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,613 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,883 for boys
Finnan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little fair one”. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 2,883rd for boys in the US (43 babies).
What does Finnan mean?
Irish: variant of Finan
“little fair one”
Variant of Finan, from the Irish fionn, fair.
Is Finnan a girl's or a boy's name?
Finnan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 43 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Finnan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,613among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 136% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Finnan, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 24 boys.
Half of all the boys named Finnan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 35 boys in the UK were given Finnan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #861, up from #1,613 for this spelling alone.
- Finan 18
- Finnan 17
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Finnan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,528 |
| 2023 | 24 | #1,247 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 14 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,205 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,063 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 2 | #4,101 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Finnan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,883among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 40,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 262% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 43 boys in the US were named Finnan, making it the 2,883rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 68 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Finnan in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 82 boys in the US were given Finnan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,661, up from #2,883 for this spelling alone.
- Finnan 43
- Finan 39
Finnan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #2,883 |
| 2024 | 52 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,128 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,190 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
Nicknames for Finnan
- Finn 945 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Finnan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan Conan Keegan Conlan Declan Brogan Rogan Kayden Aiden Kian Brayden Keelan
Other spellings of Finnan
Names related to Finnan
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Finnan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/finnan, updated 20 October 2026.