Fionnan

Fionnán was the #286 boys' name in Ireland in 2025 (15 babies).

Fionnan as a boy’s name

  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Fionnan as a boy’s name, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.751197019801990200020102020Ireland
Fionnan as a boy’s name, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1964–2025, for England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.751198020002020
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. In Ireland, the line follows the most-used spelling each year: Fionnan to 2017, Fionnán from 2018. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIreland
2025——#286 (15)
2024——#430 (8)
2023—#395 (3)#362 (10)
2022—#414 (3)#454 (7)
2021—#433 (3)#390 (9)
2020——#402 (9)
2019#4,702 (3)#418 (3)#506 (6)
2018—#365 (4)#329 (12)
2017—#415 (3)#356 (11)
2016—#421 (3)#448 (7)
2015—#415 (3)#397 (9)
2014——#403 (9)
2013—#244 (7)#448 (7)
2012——#354 (11)
2011#4,647 (3)—#225 (24)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 2025 at #286.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in Ireland in 2018.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,600 baby boys in the published Ireland list for 2025.

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

Next year

On its recent trend, Fionnan is likely to keep falling in Ireland in 2026: about 1 in 1,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 2,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FionnanEngland & WalesBoys—too few
FionnánIrelandBoys#28615
FionnanIrelandBoys—too few
FionnanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few