How Many People Are Named Finnegan?
people named Finnegan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 26,276 people in the US has this name
Based on 13,115 babies named Finnegan in Social Security records from 1995 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
865 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Fionnagáin meaning "descendant of Fionnagán". The name Fionnagán is a diminutive of FIONN. This was the name of a character in James Joyce's novel 'Finnegans Wake' (1939), the title of which was based on a 19th-century Irish ballad called 'Finnegan's Wake'.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Finnegan, 0.8% were girls and 99.2% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Finnegan alive today is about 9 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Finnegan first appears in the records in 1995 and was given most often in 2021, to 865 babies. In 2025, 575 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1995 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Finnegan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #378, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #526.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #526 |
| Best rank | #378 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #449 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Finnegan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Finnegan were born in California than in any other state: about 1,017 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Finnegan was given 6.1 times as often in Maine, 4.3 times in New Hampshire and 2.6 times in Minnesota.
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