Finbar
Finbar is a name with a single cultural origin: Irish.
- Irish
Meaning & Origin of Finbar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Finbar is a name with a single cultural origin: Irish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Irish
The Story of Finbar
Finbar first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1998, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 16 Finbars were born — ranking #5,553 that year. As of 2026, Finbar ranks #8,981 for baby boys with 8 births, with steady use. In total, more than 148 Finbars have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Finbar
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About the name Finbar
Finbar is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 148 births in the dataset. Finbar's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #5,553. Use the chart and map above to compare Finbar's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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