Recorded 1998–2022 Boys' name Peak 2009 148 births

Finbar — boys' name

148 babies named Finbar in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s102000s802010s412020s17
2000s
Peak decade

54% of everyone ever named Finbar was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

16 babies were named Finbar in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Finbar

The Social Security Administration has registered 148 babies named Finbar between 1998 and 2022, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Finbar currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Finbar performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Finbar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Finbar in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Finbar in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 148 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Finbar at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

148

Since 1998

25 years of records

Peak year

2009

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1998

Recorded for 25 years

Last year on file: 2022

Finbar popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1998

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2009)
16
Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
05101520 2022201620102007200419991998 5

Finbar by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
80 births that decade — 54% of Finbar's all-time total
1990s102000s802010s412020s17

Finbar by state

Where Finbar concentrates geographically — total births since 1998

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Finbar
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 3.4%
California share of Finbar's total US births 3.4%

5 of 148 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Finbar?
148 babies have been named Finbar since 1998. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2009 with 16 births.
When was Finbar most popular?
Finbar was most popular in the 2000s decade with 80 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
Where is Finbar most popular?
The top states for the name Finbar are California (5 births).
How long has the name Finbar been used?
Finbar has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 25 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Finbar?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Finn, Finley, Finnegan, Finnley, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.