UK boy's name
Fionan
Fionan is a boy's name in the UK records.
We estimate that about 13 living people in the UK are called Fionan. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Fionan ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #416 in 2018.
- • About 13 living people in the UK are estimated to have Fionan as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
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Births in -
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Peak year
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Estimated living
13
2026
Geography
Where Fionan is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Fionan. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Fionan ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #416 in 2018.
Across the UK
Fionan in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#416 in 2018
4 years of NISRA records, 13 total registered
Related
Names similar to Fionan
- Freddie 46,945
- Finley 42,410
- Frederick 19,866
- Finlay 17,879
- Frankie 17,528
- Finn 14,413
- Felix 14,361
- Fraser 6,470
- Flynn 6,170
- Frank 5,992
- Filip 5,876
- Francis 5,744
FAQ
Fionan: questions and answers
Where is Fionan most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Fionan ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #416 in 2018. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.