Finnian

Boy name

Finnian has been given to 3,206 babies in the U.S. since 1993. It peaked in 2016.

Meaning & origin

From Irish, variant of Fionnán; see fionn (“fair”).

Origin: Irish

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

3,206

Peak year

2016 (187 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1993

10-year trend

▼ -29%

Gender split

All boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Finnian.

3,195 babies since 1898

3,219 babies since 1986

3,220 babies since 1929

3,223 babies since 1905

3,224 babies since 2004

3,228 babies since 1982

3,236 babies since 1972

3,241 babies since 1916

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