Finnegan
- Gender
- Boy
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #526 for boys
Finnegan is a boys' name, meaning “descendant of Fionnagán”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 526th for boys in the US (569 babies).
What does Finnegan mean?
“descendant of Fionnagán”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Finnegan a girl's or a boy's name?
Finnegan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 569 boys in the US.
How popular is Finnegan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Finnegan, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Finnegan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Finnegan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Finnegan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 526th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 569 about 1 in 3,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 569 boys in the US were named Finnegan, making it the 526th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 409th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 860 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995. 6 girls were also named Finnegan in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Finnegan than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Finnegan in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Finnegan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 569 | #526 |
| 2024 | 626 | #492 |
| 2023 | 611 | #491 |
| 2022 | 697 | #446 |
| 2021 | 860 | #378 |
| 2020 | 724 | #409 |
| 2019 | 713 | #431 |
| 2018 | 770 | #412 |
| 2017 | 763 | #410 |
| 2016 | 816 | #393 |
| 2015 | 765 | #405 |
| 2014 | 632 | #464 |
| 2013 | 610 | #459 |
| 2012 | 548 | #489 |
| 2011 | 550 | #480 |
| 2010 | 467 | #544 |
| 2009 | 484 | #545 |
| 2008 | 377 | #649 |
| 2007 | 366 | #654 |
| 2006 | 264 | #784 |
| 2005 | 204 | #888 |
| 2004 | 144 | #1,094 |
| 2003 | 142 | #1,089 |
| 2002 | 68 | #1,705 |
| 2001 | 72 | #1,625 |
| 2000 | 86 | #1,425 |
| 1999 | 40 | #2,260 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
Names like Finnegan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Ronan, Kayden, Conan, Aiden, Brody, Keegan, Declan, Kian, Conlan, Brogan, Caelan
Names related to Finnegan
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, “Finnegan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/finnegan, updated 20 October 2026.