Finnegan is a boy name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Finnegan means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Finnegan across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Finnegan has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Finnegan is a boy name of Irish (Gaelic) origin meaning “fair, white”. An Irish surname derived from a diminutive of Fionn.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 13,115 births |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 201 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Finnegan per year, United States (1995 to 2025). United States peaked in 2021 (865/yr) · England & Wales peaked in 2023 (12/yr).
Finnegan has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 2021, when it ranked #742 nationally (given to 865 babies that year).
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