NameTides

Finnley

Finnley was the #757 boys' name in the US in 2025 (340 babies), and #487 in England & Wales and #555 in Canada.

Finnley as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Finnley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Finnley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#757 (340)#487 (79)———#555 (52)
2024#715 (371)#442 (91)#727 (3)——#492 (60)
2023#664 (409)#350 (121)——#770 (3)#453 (64)
2022#598 (470)#333 (130)#590 (4)——#350 (89)
2021#591 (470)#268 (171)#605 (4)#374 (4)#498 (6)#312 (111)
2020#610 (449)#277 (171)#711 (3)—#637 (4)#417 (71)
2019#597 (464)#329 (139)#701 (3)#418 (3)—#393 (78)
2018#615 (438)#369 (123)———#393 (76)
2017#615 (426)#352 (135)#733 (3)#415 (3)—#373 (85)
2016#631 (423)#349 (135)———#504 (57)
2015#749 (323)#363 (122)#686 (3)——#479 (59)
2014#853 (260)#338 (133)———#537 (51)
2013#1,058 (178)#350 (117)———#858 (27)
2012#1,383 (121)#281 (166)———#862 (26)
2011#1,495 (108)#295 (149)———#648 (38)

Finnley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Finnley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Finnley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,512 (141)—#1,429 (17)
2024#1,966 (100)—#1,617 (14)
2023#1,534 (139)—#1,369 (17)
2022#1,325 (177)—#1,482 (15)
2021#1,304 (173)—#1,153 (22)
2020#1,291 (172)—#1,428 (16)
2019#1,332 (171)—#1,600 (14)
2018#1,162 (207)—#1,507 (15)
2017#1,201 (202)—#1,333 (18)
2016#1,294 (185)—#1,335 (18)
2015#1,362 (174)—#1,157 (21)
2014#1,562 (139)—#1,530 (15)
2013#1,775 (115)—#1,913 (11)
2012#1,955 (100)—#1,787 (12)
2011#2,216 (85)—#1,761 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #591.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1999.
  • In 2025, 29% of US babies named Finnley were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,000 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 5,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Finnley is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,100 to 1 in 5,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Finnley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #411WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #529WAIdaho: #435IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #477MNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: #641MINew York: #745NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: #474ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #452INOhio: #555OHPennsylvania: #631PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #906CAUtah: #441UTColorado: #571CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #489MOKentucky: #485KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #798VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #777TNNorth Carolina: #591NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,908TXFlorida: #1,009FL
Finnley (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#41930

Finnley (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FinnleyCanadaGirls#1,42917
FinnleyCanadaBoys#55552
FinnleyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
FinnleyEngland & WalesBoys#48779
FinnleyIrelandBoys—too few
FinnleyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
FinnleyScotlandBoys—too few
FinnleyUSGirls#1,512141
FinnleyUSBoys#757340