Finley

Where Finley comes from

Variant of Finlay.
— Wiktionary's entry for Finley
  • From a surname
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1974
    Finley Quaye born
    British musician, singer, recording artist
  2. 1989
    First appearance
    #12,362 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 2003
    Finley Burns born
    English association football player
  4. 2017
    Peak, #159
    1,866 babies named Finley — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2023
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  6. 2024
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #363.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Finley Quaye · British musician, singer, recording artist, born 1974
  • Finley Burns · English association football player, born 2003
  • Finley Hamilton · American politician, 1886–1940
  • Finley Gaio · Swiss athletics competitor, born 1999

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.