Fin

Fin was the #7,194 boys' name in the US in 2025 (11 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales.

Fin as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Fin as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Fin as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#7,194 (11)#5,137 (3)
2024#7,765 (10)—
2023#5,255 (18)#4,992 (3)
2022#8,990 (8)#4,002 (4)
2021#5,562 (16)—
2020#5,699 (15)#3,334 (5)
2019#4,639 (21)#4,702 (3)
2018#5,540 (16)—
2017#6,338 (13)#4,812 (3)
2016#5,318 (17)#3,079 (6)
2015#4,545 (21)#3,373 (5)
2014#4,866 (19)#3,895 (4)
2013#5,923 (14)—
2012#8,158 (9)—
2011#8,079 (9)#3,830 (4)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #4,639.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2003.

How common is it?

about 1 in 170,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 170,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Fin is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 170,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 84,000 to 1 in 350,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.