Finnian
#1,486 for boys in 2025, 119 births
- Peak · boys
- 2016 · 187 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,206since 1993
Finnian over time
Rank among boys' names. Finnian has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,486 | 119 |
| 2024 | #1,517 | 117 |
| 2023 | #1,591 | 109 |
| 2022 | #1,479 | 122 |
| 2021 | #1,431 | 127 |
| 2020 | #1,415 | 122 |
| 2019 | #1,265 | 148 |
| 2018 | #1,176 | 162 |
| 2017 | #1,107 | 175 |
| 2016 | #1,055 | 187 |
| 2015 | #1,134 | 167 |
| 2014 | #1,362 | 125 |
| 2013 | #1,340 | 127 |
| 2012 | #1,314 | 130 |
| 2011 | #1,285 | 133 |
| 2010 | #1,331 | 128 |
| 2009 | #1,314 | 132 |
| 2008 | #1,276 | 136 |
| 2007 | #1,206 | 146 |
| 2006 | #1,330 | 123 |
| 2005 | #1,354 | 111 |
| 2004 | #1,934 | 63 |
| 2003 | #1,687 | 73 |
| 2002 | #1,888 | 59 |
| 2001 | #2,386 | 41 |
| 2000 | #2,330 | 41 |
| 1999 | #3,480 | 22 |
| 1998 | #3,708 | 19 |
| 1997 | #3,877 | 17 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Finnian! It came in at #8,700, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1993–1996, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Finnian is popular in 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oregon#448 · 1 in 2,077
- Iowa#493 · 1 in 2,394
- Ohio#611 · 1 in 4,094
- Colorado#693 · 1 in 4,300
- Wisconsin#763 · 1 in 5,147
Best ever in a state: #200 in Maine, 2005.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Oregon | #448 | 8 | 1 in 2,077 |
| Iowa | #493 | 6 | 1 in 2,394 |
| Ohio | #611 | 14 | 1 in 4,094 |
| Colorado | #693 | 6 | 1 in 4,300 |
| Wisconsin | #763 | 5 | 1 in 5,147 |
| Pennsylvania | #850 | 8 | 1 in 7,158 |
| Michigan | #873 | 7 | 1 in 6,556 |
| Virginia | #885 | 6 | 1 in 6,790 |
| Washington | #929 | 5 | 1 in 6,900 |
| Florida | #1,104 | 10 | 1 in 9,584 |
| Illinois | #1,324 | 5 | 1 in 11,934 |
| California | #1,534 | 11 | 1 in 18,774 |
| New York | #1,581 | 6 | 1 in 15,957 |
| Texas | #1,660 | 9 | 1 in 19,431 |
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See more about Finnian
- 31 spots since 2024 (#1,517 → #1,486)
- 71 spots since 2020 (#1,415 → #1,486)
- 352 spots since 2015 (#1,134 → #1,486)
- Debuted 1993
- Peaked 2016 at #1,055 (187 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 10,148 boys born in 2016 were named Finnian (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,354 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 46.2% of all boys named Finnian (1,482) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 83 | #3,480 (1999) | #5,952 |
| 2000s | 925 | #1,206 (2007) | #1,671 |
| 2010s | 1,482 | #1,055 (2016) | #1,237 |
| 2020s | 716 | #1,415 (2020) | #1,487 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Finnian in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
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1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 11,211 of them was named Finnian, which outranked 91.7% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,168Nikko164
- #1,168Yaseen164
- #1,175Brent163
- #1,176Finnian162
- #1,176Kaeden162
- #1,176Pharaoh162
- #1,176Quintin162
- #1,181Craig161
- #1,181Derick161
- #1,181German161
Tied with 4 names at #1,176; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.