Finnbar

Finnbar was the #762 boys' name in Scotland in 2025 (3 babies), and #2,269 in England & Wales.

Finnbar as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
Finnbar as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & Wales
Finnbar as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotland
2025—#2,269 (10)#762 (3)
2024—#4,271 (4)—
2023#12,239 (5)#4,992 (3)—
2022—#4,790 (3)—
2021—#3,017 (6)—
2020—#2,682 (7)—
2019—#2,266 (9)—
2018—#2,693 (7)—
2017#10,775 (6)#2,324 (9)—
2016—#2,804 (7)—
2015—#3,004 (6)—
2014#8,130 (9)#4,632 (3)—
2013—#2,403 (8)—
2012#12,274 (5)#3,039 (6)—
2011#9,600 (7)#3,300 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in England & Wales in 2025 at #2,269.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in England & Wales in 1998.

How common is it?

about 1 in 27,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Finnbar is likely to keep falling in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 39,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 110,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.