Finnegan
Finnegan is ranked 492nd among boys in 2024 (625 births). Its best rank was 378th, in 2021.
- Rank in 2024
- #492down 2 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6250.04% of boys
- Peak year
- 2021860 births
- Best rank
- #378in 2021
- Since 1995
- 12,441people given the name
The story in the numbers
12,441 boys have been named Finnegan in the United States since 1995, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 860 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 53%. It has spent 20 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2021, its biggest year
Finnegan was the 378th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Finnegan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Shauryapeak 2017
- Joziahpeak 2019
- Rayanpeak 2023
- Samarthpeak 2018
- Thatcherpeak 2021
- Linkinpeak 2018
- Raydenpeak 2022
- Kasenpeak 2019
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.