Finbarr

#12,629 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning not yet documented

Finbarr has been given to 31 babies in the U.S. since 2011. In 2025 it ranked #12,629 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Finbarr, 2025

1 in 663,000

Finbarr over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

How common is Finbarr?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#12,629
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Finbarr sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Finbarr. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Finbarrs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Finbarr was born before 2019 — so the typical Finbarr is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
51.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
31
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 51.6% of all recorded uses (16).

Is Finbarr rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+283
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,507
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.83×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
83.3%
Peak was 2015 (6)
Years since peak
10
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Very steady
0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#11,122
2015

Finbarr around the world

Where Finbarr ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2013–2023
    #395
    in 2023
  • Ireland
    1964–2025
    #577
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    1968–1968
    #520
    in 1968

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Finbarr by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,629
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#11,122
2015
Peak year
2015
6 that year
First recorded
2011
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
31
Count in 2025
5

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Sibling names for Finbarr

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