Findlay

Findlay was the #10,695 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies), and #2,789 in Canada.

Findlay as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Findlay as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaUS
Findlay as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#10,695 (6)—#198 (21)#2,789 (6)
2024#8,312 (9)#1,758 (14)#209 (20)#2,710 (6)
2023#7,289 (11)#3,113 (6)#260 (15)#2,921 (5)
2022#5,019 (19)#1,692 (14)#142 (36)#2,229 (7)
2021#5,776 (15)#1,782 (13)#186 (25)#1,560 (12)
2020#4,698 (20)#1,825 (12)#176 (26)#2,746 (5)
2019#5,555 (16)#1,655 (14)#204 (23)#2,440 (6)
2018#6,345 (13)#1,786 (13)#208 (22)#1,682 (10)
2017#5,111 (18)#1,339 (19)#183 (30)#1,308 (15)
2016#4,098 (25)#994 (29)#143 (41)#1,234 (16)
2015#4,407 (22)#1,121 (24)#182 (31)#1,204 (16)
2014#5,066 (18)#1,144 (23)#129 (48)#1,778 (9)
2013#8,118 (9)#976 (29)#190 (28)#1,771 (9)
2012#6,306 (13)#977 (29)#174 (33)#2,158 (7)
2011#10,808 (6)#999 (27)#171 (32)#1,802 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #4,098.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2003.
  • In 2023, 35% of US babies named Findlay were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 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 250,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 940common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Findlay is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 320,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 220,000 to 1 in 460,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FindlayCanadaBoys#2,7896
FindlayEngland & WalesBoys—too few
FindlayNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
FindlayScotlandBoys#19821
FindlayUSGirls—too few
FindlayUSBoys#10,6956