Finlee
Finlee was the 3080th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 53 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2031st with 96 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 512 places. More babies were named Finlee in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Finley) fair warrior (from Gaelic Fionnlagh) · Scottish Gaelic
- Rank in 2025
- #3,080 girls, down 725 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 53girls
- Girls and boys
- 68% girls, 32% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201896 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,406babies recorded
What does the name Finlee mean?
Finlee is a spelling of Finley, pronounced the same way, so it shares Finley's meaning and origin.
Finley is a spelling of the Scottish name Finlay, from Gaelic Fionnlagh. DMNES derives it from Old Irish finn, "fair, white", and láech, "warrior" (also "layman"), and records the name of an 11th-century king of Moray. It became a Scottish surname and has since come back as a first name for both boys and girls; the -ey spelling is the one more often used for girls in the US.
finn (Old Irish, “fair, white”)láech (Old Irish, “warrior; layman”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Finlay, Findlay, Finn.
See also: Scottish names, names that mean warrior, names that mean a color.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Finley', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (ed. S. L. Uckelman), Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Finlay', DMNES, Durham University
Finlee popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #3,080 | #4,295 | 53 | 24 |
| 2020 | #2,355 | #4,599 | 75 | 21 |
| 2010 | #5,155 | — | 27 | — |
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How popular is Finlee, counting every spelling?
Finlee is a spelling of Finley, a name family that ranked #349 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,080 for Finlee on its own. Together these spellings went to 947 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finley | 753 | #415 | 5,509 |
| Finnley | 141 | #1,513 | 730 |
| Finlee | 53 | #3,080 | 306 |
| Finnlee | — | — | 35 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Finlee?
53 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Finlee (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Finlee 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 158 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Finlee.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Finlee?
About 1,100 people born in the US named Finlee are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 5 and 12. That makes Finlee 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.
Finlee by state
How common Finlee was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Finlee: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Finlee, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Finlee
What does Finlee mean?
Finlee is a spelling of Finley, which means “fair warrior (from Gaelic Fionnlagh)” (Scottish Gaelic origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Finlee?
Finlee was the 3080th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 53 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2031st with 96 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 512 places. More babies were named Finlee in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Finlee a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 68% girls, 32% boys given the name Finlee in the US.
Where is Finlee most popular?
In 2021–2025, Finlee was most common in Utah (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and Texas.