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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Finleigh

Finleigh was the 4590th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 1866th with 110 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,724 places. More babies were named Finleigh in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#4,590 girls, down 2,164 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
30girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2015110 babies
Total since 1880
1,090babies recorded

Finleigh popularity since 1880

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Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#4,59030
2020#2,42672
2010#5,67724
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How popular is Finleigh, counting every spelling?

Finleigh is the most common spelling of a name family that had 40 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 40 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Finleigh30#4,590265
Finnleigh10#9,66990

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 Finleigh?

30 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Finleigh (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Finleigh 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 280 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Finleigh.

Chance of another Finleigh in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Finleigh?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Finleigh are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 6 and 11. That makes Finleigh a young name: most people with it are children.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Finleigh by state

How common Finleigh was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 45 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMO0.04Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNC0.03South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesMS0.13Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesGA0.03Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesTX0.02Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Finleigh, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Finleigh: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Finleigh, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Finleigh

How popular is the name Finleigh?

Finleigh was the 4590th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 2015, when it ranked 1866th with 110 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,724 places. More babies were named Finleigh in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Finleigh a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Finleigh in the US.

Where is Finleigh most popular?

In 2021–2025, Finleigh was most common in Mississippi (0.13 per 1,000 girls), followed by Missouri and Georgia.