Fionnuala

Fionnuala was the #13,208 girls' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies), and #2,605 in England & Wales.

Fionnuala as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Fionnuala as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Fionnuala as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIreland
2025#13,208 (6)#2,605 (10)———
2024#15,293 (5)#5,892 (3)———
2023#12,197 (7)#4,057 (5)#749 (3)——
2022—#4,646 (4)———
2021#9,562 (10)————
2020#13,453 (6)#3,899 (5)———
2019#10,473 (9)#4,686 (4)——#716 (4)
2018#11,427 (8)#4,684 (4)—#434 (3)—
2017—#2,341 (11)—#432 (3)—
2016#10,113 (10)#4,096 (5)———
2015#13,006 (7)#2,705 (9)——#896 (3)
2014#10,955 (9)#2,862 (8)——#661 (5)
2013#14,582 (6)#4,050 (5)———
2012#14,962 (6)#5,876 (3)—#297 (6)#677 (5)
2011#13,347 (7)#3,549 (6)—#444 (3)#798 (4)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #9,231.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1985.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 250,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare