Fun Facts About the Name Finbarr
- 31 babies named Finbarr: U.S. records list 31 babies given the name Finbarr from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Finbarr Mean?
Finbarr is an Irish masculine name from Fionnbharr (earlier Finnbarr), made up of fionn, "fair" or "white," and barr, "head" or "top." Its literal sense is "fair head," conventionally understood as "fair-haired." The barr element refers to the head or crown, so the description concerns hair color rather than a general quality of fairness.
Finbarr Name History & Origins
The name is closely associated with Saint Finbarr, a sixth-century Irish churchman and the patron saint of Cork. Tradition credits him with founding a monastery at Cork and with an earlier retreat at Gougane Barra; the surviving accounts of his life are later hagiographical works rather than contemporary records. His Irish name was Fionnbharr, and the English form Finbarr is an anglicization of it. The variant spelling Finbar also occurs, and the cathedral dedicated to him in Cork uses the form Fin Barre. The name has remained especially familiar in Cork and Munster, the region associated with the saint.
How Popular is the Name Finbarr?
Finbarr has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2015. Its best rank was #11,126 in 2015.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,633 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #12,864 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #12,825 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #12,760 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #11,126 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #12,910 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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