Finnigan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FIN-ih-gun
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #2,604 for boys
Finnigan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little fair one”. In 2025 it ranked 2,604th for boys in the US (50 babies).
What does Finnigan mean?
Irish: spelling of Finnegan, from Irish Ó Fionnagáin
“little fair one”
James Joyce's last novel, Finnegans Wake (1939), takes its title from an Irish-American ballad.
Is Finnigan a girl's or a boy's name?
Finnigan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 50 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Finnigan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 5 boys.
Finnigan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Finnigan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,604among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 34,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 50 boys in the US were named Finnigan, making it the 2,604th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,922nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 103 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Finnigan in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Finnigan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #2,604 |
| 2024 | 47 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,386 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,167 |
| 2021 | 74 | #1,999 |
| 2020 | 76 | #1,922 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,080 |
| 2018 | 83 | #1,822 |
| 2017 | 74 | #1,935 |
| 2016 | 103 | #1,585 |
| 2015 | 76 | #1,910 |
| 2014 | 75 | #1,919 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,204 |
| 2012 | 57 | #2,269 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,202 |
| 2010 | 55 | #2,323 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,202 |
| 2008 | 39 | #3,004 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
Nicknames for Finnigan
- Finn 945 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Finnigan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Ronan Declan Aiden Conan Keegan Kayden Kian Brogan Conlan Caelan Callan
Names related to Finnigan
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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, “Finnigan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/finnigan, updated 20 October 2026.