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Finis

Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Finis has been given to 2,200 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1922, with 70 recorded.

Babies named Finis, 2009

1 in 764,000

Finis over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Finis: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Finis means

Finis is a given name.

The naming story behind Finis

Wikidata records Finis as a given name. The entity identifier is Q97482039, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,195 boys were recorded with the name Finis between 1880 and 2009. Its highest annual count was 70 in 1922; its best national rank was #435 in 1881.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Finis between 1914 and 1914. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1914; its best national rank was #3,831 in 1914.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Finis?

Finis had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2009, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2009
1 in 764,000
5 of 3,820,315 births
Among boys only
1 in 397,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2009
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
529,609 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Finis sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2009 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 529,609 children born in 2009 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Finis. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Finiss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Finis was born before 1928 — so the typical Finis is around 97 today.

Median birth year
1928
About 97 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
24.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
2.0%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
409
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 24.1% of all recorded uses (529).

Is Finis rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1922 (70)
Years since peak
103
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
35.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#435
1881

Spellings of Finis

Finis is not the most common spelling — Finn is, with 46.2% against Finis's 2.9%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Finis is used

Across 1910–2025, Finis was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in 14,286 boys, against 1 in 38,437 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in —).

07 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Tennessee1 in 14,286
  2. 2Arkansas1 in 16,667
  3. 3Oklahoma1 in 25,000
  4. 4Kentucky1 in 33,333
  5. 5Missouri1 in 33,333
  6. 6Texas1 in 33,333
  7. 7Alabama1 in —
  8. 8Illinois1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Finis has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Notable people named Finis

People whose public names include Finis, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Finis by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#435
1881
Peak year
1922
70 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2009
All-time count
2,195
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,831
1914
Peak year
1914
5 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
1914
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Finis

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

FinlayEnnisFinnisFinanFinnianFinnickFinianFinneasFintanFinchYanisFinnleyFinnanFinleeFinniganYunisYonisFinleyYounisIoannisYannisFindleyGiannisDenis

Names with a curve like Finis

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Finis, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

EwellManleyHeneryLouiseNorvalHillardVesterVirgleArvelFoyNortonEstel

Sibling names for Finis

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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