girls:
93 births since 2009
#5623 (2nd percentile)
boys:
11.8k births since 1995
#1060 (77th percentile)
overall:
11.9k births since 1995
#2411 (69th percentile)
The name Finnegan is the #2,411 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11,904 recorded births since 1995. This represents the 68.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 68.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,060 (76.9% percentile) for all time with 11,811 births since 1995. For girls, it ranks #5,623 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 93 births since 2009.
Finnegan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1995 (1995 for boys and 2009 for girls).
The name Finnegan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.2% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Finnegan reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 61.5% percentile (ranked #359) with 459 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 459 births per million (ranked 61.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Finnegan ranks #442 for boys (51.5% percentile) with 332 births per million, which is 72.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Finnegan reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #939) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Finnegan is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #939 (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Finnegan".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Finnegan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.5% confident that Finnegan is pronounced as FIH-nih-guhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FIH-nuh-guhn, at 39.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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