How rare is the name Finnegan?

8,559 people in the United States have the first name Finnegan, about 1 in 35,288. It ranks #2,738 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

FINNEGAN

#2,738

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,559
About
1 in 35,288
This common or more
80.7%
Who bears it

Of the 8,559 people named Finnegan, 89.7% reported their origin as White, 5.2% as two or more races and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Finnegan peaked in 2021, when 865 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19952025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
865
In 2025*
575 ▼34%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 13,115 babies have been given the name since 1995. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Finnegan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #912. The largest share of babies named Finnegan, 70.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#14,53983
2000s#1,9162,212
2010s#9236,690
2020s#9124,130
Millennials 1981–960.1%
Generation Z 1997–1229.5%
2013 and later70.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Finnegan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Finnegan has been most common in New Hampshire (3.9×), Maine (3.8×), and Washington (2.8×), and least common in Oklahoma (0.31×).

11,838 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Finnegan

#2,736 Everardo · 8,573#2,737 Natalee · 8,560#2,739 Tisha · 8,558#2,740 Denzel · 8,556

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Finnegan, most common first.

#12,922 Finnigan · 947

Also a last name

As a last name, Finnegan ranks #3,428 of 156,621, with 10,180 people. See Finnegan as a last name

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