Fionnuala — #15837 US girls' name
158 babies named Fionnuala in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Fionnuala was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Fionnuala in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fionnuala
The Social Security Administration has registered 158 babies named Fionnuala between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Fionnuala currently holds the #15837 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fionnuala performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Fionnuala shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fionnuala 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 158 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.
Fionnuala at a glance
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Current rank
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Fionnuala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1985
- Peak year (2010)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
Currently ranks #15837 among girls.
158 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 12 births in a single year.
Fionnuala by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 74 births that decade — 47% of Fionnuala's all-time total
Fionnuala decade highlights
- Peak decade 74 births
- Runner-up 41 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Fionnuala's strongest decade
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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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, 1985–2024 (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.