How Many People Are Named Fintan?
people named Fintan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 798,562 people in the US has this name
Based on 432 babies named Fintan in Social Security records from 1998 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
27 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly means either "white fire" or "white bull" in Irish. According to legend this was the name of the only Irish person to survive the great flood. This name was also borne by many Irish saints.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Fintan in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Fintan alive today is about 12 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Fintan first appears in the records in 1998 and was given most often in 2010, to 27 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1998 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Fintan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,846, in 2010. In 2025 it ranked #6,921.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,921 |
| Best rank | #3,846 (2010) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,721 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Fintan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Fintan were born in New York than in any other state: about 7 of those alive today.
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