Finley

Where Finley comes from

Variant of Finlay.
— Wiktionary's entry for Finley
  • From a surname
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Finley through the years
  1. 1974
    Finley Quaye born
    British musician, singer, recording artist
  2. 1989
    First appearance
    #12,362 among girls with 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, the most in any year.
  5. 2023
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  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.