Fintan comes from the Irish tradition, meaning White fire or white bull.
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How popular is Fintan?
2010peak year
The name Fintan reached its peak in 2010, with 27 registrations (ranked #3847). It had only entered records 12 years earlier, in 1998. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #5276) today, averaging about 19 new babies per year. Fintan has been declining in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 419 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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