Finlay
Finlay was the 2614th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 50 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 2154th with 64 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 460 places. More babies were named Finlay in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,614 boys, down 52 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 50boys
- Girls and boys
- 10% girls, 90% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201564 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,306babies recorded
Finlay popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,258 | #2,614 | 8 | 50 |
| 2020 | #10,541 | #2,562 | 9 | 50 |
| 2010 | #8,886 | #3,561 | 13 | 30 |
| 2000 | — | #3,969 | — | 20 |
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How popular is Finlay, counting every spelling?
Finlay has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Finlay?
50 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Finlay (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Finlay born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 167 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Finlay.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Finlay?
About 1,100 people born in the US named Finlay are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 6 and 18. That makes Finlay a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Finlay by state
How common Finlay was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Finlay
How popular is the name Finlay?
Finlay was the 2614th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 50 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 2154th with 64 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 460 places. More babies were named Finlay in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Finlay a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 10% girls, 90% boys given the name Finlay in the US.
Where is Finlay most popular?
In 2021–2025, Finlay was most common in Maryland (0.05 per 1,000 boys), followed by Pennsylvania and California.