Meaning not yet researched.
Finley: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,017 in 2025. Its best rank was #265 in 2021.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #265 in 2021; #333 in 2025. About 57% of babies named Finley in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#333 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2021, at #265.
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Finley: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,017 boys in 2025. Peak: #265 in 2021 · most boys in one year: 1,307 (2021).
In 2025, 1,017 US boys were named Finley, making it the 333rd most common boys’ name of the year, down 43 places from #290 in 2024. That is 139 fewer than the 1,156 boys named Finley in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #265, reached in 2021. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,307. For comparison, it was #326 in 2015 and #1,444 in 1950.
In 2025, 753 US girls were named Finley, making it the 415th most common girls’ name of the year, down 52 places from #363 in 2024. That is 109 fewer than the 862 girls named Finley in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #159, reached in 2017. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,866. For comparison, it was #204 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Finley in 135 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 11 babies. In all, 42,288 US babies have been given the name, 54% of them girls and 46% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 22,603 babies named Finley.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 12,005 US boys were named Finley; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 1,307. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,680 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Finley ranked highest in Maine in 2025, at #95 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Finlay (1,306 babies since 1880), Finnley (8,151 babies since 1880) and Finlee (1,406 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Fynlee, Finnlee and Phinley are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Fynlee (424), Finnlee (351), Phinley (108), Finnly (97), Fynnley (95), Fynley (74), Fenley (16), Finlea (5), Finly (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Finley in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 10 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 14 | #95 | #89 |
| Oregon | 28 | #145 | #214 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | #174 | #146 |
| Minnesota | 34 | #193 | #150 |
| Washington | 44 | #196 | #197 |
| Arkansas | 18 | #202 | #372 |
| Wisconsin | 30 | #208 | #138 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | #213 | — |
| Michigan | 44 | #230 | #252 |
| North Carolina | 54 | #231 | #241 |
| Connecticut | 14 | #242 | #413 |
| Indiana | 34 | #244 | #278 |
| South Carolina | 23 | #246 | #272 |
| Massachusetts | 22 | #267 | #226 |
| West Virginia | 7 | #269 | #190 |
| Virginia | 32 | #270 | #279 |
| Missouri | 25 | #272 | #253 |
| Nebraska | 9 | #275 | #221 |
| Maryland | 20 | #277 | #351 |
| Kentucky | 19 | #287 | #275 |
| Nevada | 10 | #307 | #467 |
| Illinois | 35 | #307 | #353 |
| Tennessee | 28 | #313 | #334 |
| Colorado | 21 | #313 | #277 |
| Iowa | 12 | #317 | #240 |
| Utah | 15 | #319 | #368 |
| Pennsylvania | 34 | #327 | #290 |
| Ohio | 34 | #333 | #309 |
| New York | 52 | #338 | #413 |
| Florida | 55 | #357 | #381 |
| Idaho | 6 | #392 | #322 |
| New Jersey | 20 | #399 | #442 |
| Kansas | 9 | #403 | #365 |
| Louisiana | 12 | #408 | #471 |
| Mississippi | 7 | #437 | #439 |
| Oklahoma | 9 | #479 | #594 |
| California | 66 | #486 | #516 |
| Arizona | 14 | #502 | #410 |
| Georgia | 21 | #504 | #462 |
| Alabama | 9 | #544 | #420 |
| Texas | 39 | #715 | #535 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 753 | #415 | 1,017 | #333 |
| 2024 | 862 | #363 | 1,156 | #290 |
| 2023 | 1,113 | #282 | 1,178 | #285 |
| 2022 | 1,367 | #218 | 1,225 | #281 |
| 2021 | 1,414 | #211 | 1,307 | #265 |
| 2020 | 1,442 | #201 | 1,089 | #305 |
| 2019 | 1,575 | #188 | 1,194 | #287 |
| 2018 | 1,755 | #165 | 1,290 | #275 |
| 2017 | 1,866 | #159 | 1,296 | #279 |
| 2016 | 1,727 | #191 | 1,253 | #287 |
| 2015 | 1,602 | #204 | 1,060 | #326 |
| 2014 | 1,510 | #223 | 834 | #376 |
| 2013 | 1,093 | #292 | 571 | #483 |
| 2012 | 913 | #349 | 478 | #546 |
| 2011 | 880 | #364 | 507 | #511 |
| 2010 | 780 | #408 | 419 | #596 |
| 2009 | 576 | #525 | 331 | #717 |
| 2008 | 463 | #663 | 266 | #825 |
| 2007 | 352 | #816 | 272 | #794 |
| 2006 | 289 | #914 | 220 | #891 |
| 2005 | 248 | #986 | 136 | #1,173 |
| 2004 | 168 | #1,275 | 121 | #1,248 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,375 | 74 | #1,680 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,540 | 42 | #2,410 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,962 | 35 | #2,706 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,296 | 38 | #2,493 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,504 | 17 | #4,213 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,712 | 17 | #4,073 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,279 | 12 | #5,059 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,954 | 15 | #4,246 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,166 | 12 | #4,893 |
| 1994 | — | — | 9 | #6,012 |
| 1992 | — | — | 8 | #6,317 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,873 | 6 | #7,579 |
| 1990 | — | — | 6 | #7,472 |
| 1989 | 5 | #13,039 | 11 | #4,615 |
| 1988 | — | — | 10 | #4,545 |
| 1987 | — | — | 7 | #5,686 |
| 1984 | — | — | 7 | #5,150 |
| 1981 | — | — | 8 | #4,669 |
| 1980 | — | — | 8 | #4,642 |
| 1979 | — | — | 12 | #3,426 |
| 1977 | — | — | 6 | #5,361 |
| 1976 | — | — | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1975 | — | — | 7 | #4,483 |
| 1974 | — | — | 5 | #5,478 |
| 1973 | — | — | 10 | #3,287 |
| 1972 | — | — | 17 | #2,270 |
| 1971 | — | — | 12 | #2,869 |
| 1970 | — | — | 9 | #3,362 |
| 1969 | — | — | 13 | #2,463 |
| 1968 | — | — | 10 | #2,797 |
| 1967 | — | — | 13 | #2,277 |
| 1966 | — | — | 9 | #2,849 |
| 1965 | — | — | 13 | #2,303 |
| 1964 | — | — | 11 | #2,583 |
| 1963 | — | — | 14 | #2,236 |
| 1962 | — | — | 11 | #2,567 |
| 1961 | — | — | 9 | #2,964 |
| 1960 | — | — | 18 | #1,929 |
| 1959 | — | — | 15 | #2,143 |
| 1958 | — | — | 28 | #1,493 |
| 1957 | — | — | 22 | #1,727 |
| 1956 | — | — | 16 | #2,038 |
| 1955 | — | — | 24 | #1,581 |
| 1954 | — | — | 23 | #1,606 |
| 1953 | — | — | 19 | #1,784 |
| 1952 | — | — | 22 | #1,634 |
| 1951 | — | — | 23 | #1,569 |
| 1950 | — | — | 26 | #1,444 |
| 1949 | — | — | 20 | #1,679 |
| 1948 | — | — | 21 | #1,623 |
| 1947 | — | — | 18 | #1,808 |
| 1946 | — | — | 21 | #1,576 |
| 1945 | — | — | 33 | #1,147 |
| 1944 | — | — | 27 | #1,293 |
| 1943 | — | — | 29 | #1,290 |
| 1942 | — | — | 34 | #1,199 |
| 1941 | — | — | 24 | #1,383 |
| 1940 | — | — | 28 | #1,281 |
| 1939 | — | — | 28 | #1,247 |
| 1938 | — | — | 18 | #1,635 |
| 1937 | — | — | 20 | #1,550 |
| 1936 | — | — | 20 | #1,517 |
| 1935 | — | — | 20 | #1,558 |
| 1934 | — | — | 24 | #1,398 |
| 1933 | — | — | 28 | #1,259 |
| 1932 | — | — | 33 | #1,184 |
| 1931 | — | — | 21 | #1,563 |
| 1930 | — | — | 29 | #1,349 |
| 1929 | — | — | 23 | #1,538 |
| 1928 | — | — | 39 | #1,133 |
| 1927 | — | — | 44 | #1,065 |
| 1926 | — | — | 36 | #1,201 |
| 1925 | — | — | 35 | #1,209 |
| 1924 | — | — | 37 | #1,194 |
| 1923 | — | — | 39 | #1,141 |
| 1922 | — | — | 38 | #1,167 |
| 1921 | — | — | 36 | #1,209 |
| 1920 | — | — | 42 | #1,096 |
| 1919 | — | — | 42 | #1,055 |
| 1918 | — | — | 42 | #1,043 |
| 1917 | — | — | 58 | #841 |
| 1916 | — | — | 41 | #1,004 |
| 1915 | — | — | 44 | #945 |
| 1914 | — | — | 29 | #1,063 |
| 1913 | — | — | 31 | #885 |
| 1912 | — | — | 16 | #1,200 |
| 1911 | — | — | 10 | #1,141 |
| 1910 | — | — | 14 | #837 |
| 1909 | — | — | 7 | #1,194 |
| 1908 | — | — | 11 | #851 |
| 1907 | — | — | 6 | #1,247 |
| 1906 | — | — | 9 | #874 |
| 1905 | — | — | 11 | #760 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,270 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #799 |
| 1900 | — | — | 8 | #992 |
| 1898 | — | — | 10 | #711 |
| 1897 | — | — | 9 | #746 |
| 1896 | — | — | 6 | #1,030 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,142 |
| 1893 | — | — | 6 | #947 |
| 1892 | — | — | 8 | #820 |
| 1890 | — | — | 7 | #835 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,024 |
| 1888 | — | — | 8 | #774 |
| 1887 | — | — | 7 | #775 |
| 1886 | — | — | 6 | #886 |
| 1885 | — | — | 8 | #727 |
| 1884 | — | — | 10 | #633 |
| 1883 | — | — | 7 | #753 |
| 1882 | — | — | 14 | #501 |
| 1881 | — | — | 10 | #573 |
| 1880 | — | — | 11 | #583 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).