Names / Boy names
Fintan
Current rank
#6,925
and easing
All-time peak
#3,847
in 2010
First recorded
1998
in U.S. data
Children named
432
since 1998
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #3,847 in 2010 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
White fire (Irish). It first shows up in American naming data in 1998. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Only about 432 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.