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Finnley

#757 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Finley

Finnley has been given to 8,151 babies in the U.S. since 1999. In 2025 it ranked #757 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 470 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 69% boys, 31% girls all-time.

Babies named Finnley, 2025

1 in 9,750

Finnley over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Finnley over time

In 2025, Finnley went to 29% girls and 71% boys.

19992025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Finnley: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Finley

surname transfer

What Finnley means

Finnley is a variant of Finley.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Finnley → Finley → Finlay. The family’s meaning is “fair warrior/hero”, recorded in English with the source elements Fionnlagh.

Origin, language, and formation

Finnley is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Finnley is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Finley.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,658 boys were recorded with the name Finnley between 1999 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 470 in 2021; its best national rank was #591 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #611 in 2020 to #757 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #750 in 2015 to #757 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,493 girls were recorded with the name Finnley between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 207 in 2018; its best national rank was #1,165 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,291 in 2020 to #1,513 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,363 in 2015 to #1,513 in 2025.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Finnley?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 9,750
340 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 5,020
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#757
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
6,760 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Finnley 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 2025 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 1001%
School of 5005%

Put another way: gather 6,760 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Finnley. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Finnleys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Finnley was born before 2019 — so the typical Finnley is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
50.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
99.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,658
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 50.4% of all recorded uses (2,849).

Is Finnley 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
−42
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−146
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−7
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
1.05×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
72.3%
Peak was 2021 (470)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#591
2021

Spellings of Finnley

Finnley is not the most common spelling — Finley is, with 72.4% against Finnley's 21.1%.

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 Finnley is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Finnley was most concentrated in Wisconsin — about 1 in 1,220 boys, against 1 in 3,863 across all states with data. It was least common in Louisiana (1 in 20,000).

582 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Wisconsin1 in 1,220
  2. 2Oregon1 in 1,282
  3. 3Minnesota1 in 1,471
  4. 4Washington1 in 1,852
  5. 5Michigan1 in 2,128
  6. 6Colorado1 in 2,174
  7. 7Iowa1 in 2,273
  8. 8Maine1 in 2,381

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.

Geographically, Finnley is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 51% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Finnley is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Finnley was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 3,125 girls, against 1 in 10,960 across all states with data. It was least common in Massachusetts (1 in 50,000).

232 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 3,125
  2. 2Wisconsin1 in 4,167
  3. 3Oregon1 in 4,762
  4. 4Washington1 in 5,000
  5. 5Iowa1 in 5,263
  6. 6Idaho1 in 5,263
  7. 7Maine1 in 5,263
  8. 8Colorado1 in 6,667

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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.

Finnley around the world

Where Finnley ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2025
    #487
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2008–2024
    #727
    in 2024
  • Northern Ireland
    2017–2021
    #374
    in 2021
  • Ireland
    2020–2023
    #770
    in 2023
  • Canada
    2005–2024
    #475
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2005–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Finnley by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#757
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 146
Best rank ever
#591
2021
Peak year
2021
470 that year
First recorded
1999
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,658
Count in 2025
340

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,513
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 222
Best rank ever
#1,165
2018
Peak year
2018
207 that year
First recorded
2002
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,493
Count in 2025
141

Names similar to Finnley

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

FinleyFindleyFinnianFinnickPresleyFinneganFinneasWestleyMarleyKelleyChesleyKingsleyHuxleyFinniganBerkleyBrentleyConleyFinlayHartleyMckinleyCharleyOakleyDudleyBuckley

Names with a curve like Finnley

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

AxtonLochlanKannonKaysenKaisonDashRowenLachlanAxlCastielHuxleyJaxxon

Sibling names for Finnley

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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