NameTides

Finnegan

Finnegan was the #526 boys' name in the US in 2025 (569 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales and #503 in Canada.

Finnegan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Finnegan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Finnegan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#526 (569)#2,664 (8)#503 (59)
2024#492 (626)#2,672 (8)#513 (56)
2023#491 (611)#1,907 (12)#414 (70)
2022#446 (697)#2,019 (11)#408 (71)
2021#378 (860)#2,125 (10)#380 (80)
2020#409 (724)#2,228 (9)#404 (75)
2019#431 (713)#2,488 (8)#625 (42)
2018#412 (770)#2,259 (9)#430 (69)
2017#410 (763)#2,512 (8)#447 (65)
2016#393 (816)#2,175 (10)#425 (70)
2015#405 (765)#3,004 (6)#614 (43)
2014#464 (632)#2,079 (10)#630 (42)
2013#459 (610)#2,216 (9)#809 (29)
2012#489 (548)#3,416 (5)#813 (28)
2011#480 (550)#2,194 (9)#1,003 (21)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #378.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1995.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,000 baby boys in the published US 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Finnegan is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,900 to 1 in 3,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Finnegan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #119MEWisconsin: #285WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #99NHWashington: #382WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #373MNIllinois: #500ILMichigan: #280MINew York: #434NYMassachusetts: #238MAOregon: #438ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #483INOhio: #298OHPennsylvania: #318PANew Jersey: #469NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #988CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #385CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #346MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #408VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #468KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #430TNNorth Carolina: #775NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #919GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,347TXFlorida: #809FL
Finnegan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#45827

Finnegan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FinneganCanadaBoys#50359
FinneganEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
FinneganUSGirls#13,2086
FinneganUSBoys#526569