Finlay

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Peak · boys
#2,145
2015 · 64 births
Debut · boys
1918
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,102
since 1918

Finlay over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #6,287, 2017peak #2,145, 2015girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#10,9178#2,60450
2024—#2,47655
2023#15,1945#2,61450
2022#11,2318#2,71748
2021#10,2929#2,46454
2020#10,2509#2,54650
2019#12,4487#3,10338
2018#11,4278#2,38555
2017#6,28719#2,31956
2016#6,66318#2,33556
2015#10,14810#2,14564
2014#11,9318#3,23434
2013#6,72918#2,80441
2012#8,20814#3,05937
2011#10,37410#3,16435
2010#8,70113#3,53130
2009#17,2945#2,52850
2008#12,5798#2,87941
2007#11,6309#2,72144
2006#13,6067#2,44950
2005#14,5026#2,61442
2004#16,0995#3,53426
2003—#4,42618
2002—#4,50217
2001—#3,84221
2000—#3,92220
1999—#7,8747
1998—#7,5607
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five boys were named Finlay! It came in at #3,728, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1919–1997, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Finlay is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedMINew York: #1,576 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 14,070 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,998 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 25,068 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Finlay, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#1,576 · 1 in 14,070
  2. California#1,998 · 1 in 25,068

Best ever in a state: #471 in Massachusetts, 2015.

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New York#1,57661 in 14,070
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Finlay
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 128 spots since 2024 (#2,476 → #2,604)
  • 58 spots since 2020 (#2,546 → #2,604)
  • 459 spots since 2015 (#2,145 → #2,604)
Rise & fade · boys
97 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 2015 at #2,145 (64 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 29,949
  • Highest: 1 in 29,949 boys born in 2015 were named Finlay (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 34,162 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 40.5% of all boys named Finlay (446) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#3,728 (1918)#3,728
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1990s14#7,560 (1998)#7,717
2000s329#2,449 (2006)#3,342
2010s446#2,145 (2015)#2,808
2020s307#2,464 (2021)#2,570

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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