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Finnley

Boys' name · Current

Living in the US
~8,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#757 among boys
Births in 2025
481 8,151 since 1880
Typical age
7 years, median

Finnley popularity over time

Finnley rank by birth year, 1999–2025Finnley ranked #7,874 in 1999 and #757 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #591, in 2021.#1,000#10,000#757200020052010201520202025
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1999–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2022 is the peak year for Finnley, with 647 births. The name does not appear in the data until 1999. It reaches the top 1,000 in 12 years of the record.

As of 2025 the name sits at #757, with 481 births that year. It slipped 42 places against the previous year.

Babies named Finnley per yearPeaks at 647 births in 2022.647 in 20220200020052010201520202025
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Finnley?

Roughly 8,100 Finnleys are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 8,151 births under the name since 1880. The split is about 2,500 women and 5,600 men.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Finnley?

Median age among living Finnleys: 7. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Finnley a current name.

Your Finnley

Ages of living people named FinnleyHalf of living Finnleys are older than 7 and half younger.median 7020
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Finnley is most common

Wisconsin uses the name 3.2× as often as the country as a whole. Oregon, Minnesota and Washington follow.

Where Finnley is used more than average5 states use the name Finnley more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 2.2× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: 2.4× the national rateMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: 3.2× the national rateWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: 3.0× the national rateORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: 1.9× the national rateIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Finnley is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Wisconsin 253 3.2×
Oregon 153 3.0×
Minnesota 199 2.4×
Washington 242 2.2×
Iowa 85 1.9×

Is Finnley a boy's or a girl's name?

31% girls69% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

Mostly given to boys: 28.1% of the last ten years of births were girls. Across the whole record, 30.6% of births under the name were girls.

Finnley in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Finnley ranked #487 in 2025 on 79 births. That is 54% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Finnley comes from

Rare non-standard spelling of Finley.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

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