Finley
#415 for girls in 2025, 753 births · #333 for boys in 2025, 1,017 births
Given to girls 54.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2017 · 1,866 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 22,908since 1989
Finley over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #415 | 753 | #333 | 1,017 |
| 2024 | #363 | 862 | #290 | 1,156 |
| 2023 | #282 | 1,113 | #285 | 1,178 |
| 2022 | #218 | 1,367 | #281 | 1,225 |
| 2021 | #211 | 1,414 | #265 | 1,307 |
| 2020 | #201 | 1,442 | #304 | 1,089 |
| 2019 | #188 | 1,575 | #287 | 1,194 |
| 2018 | #165 | 1,755 | #275 | 1,290 |
| 2017 | #159 | 1,866 | #279 | 1,296 |
| 2016 | #191 | 1,727 | #287 | 1,253 |
| 2015 | #204 | 1,602 | #326 | 1,060 |
| 2014 | #223 | 1,510 | #376 | 834 |
| 2013 | #292 | 1,093 | #483 | 571 |
| 2012 | #349 | 913 | #545 | 478 |
| 2011 | #364 | 880 | #510 | 507 |
| 2010 | #408 | 780 | #596 | 419 |
| 2009 | #525 | 576 | #717 | 331 |
| 2008 | #662 | 463 | #824 | 266 |
| 2007 | #816 | 352 | #793 | 272 |
| 2006 | #913 | 289 | #891 | 220 |
| 2005 | #985 | 248 | #1,170 | 136 |
| 2004 | #1,273 | 168 | #1,246 | 121 |
| 2003 | #3,347 | 43 | #1,673 | 74 |
| 2002 | #4,498 | 27 | #2,403 | 42 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #2,681 | 35 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | #2,476 | 38 |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 | #4,162 | 17 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #4,019 | 17 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,243 | 17 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,813 | 12 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,415 | 13 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,735 | 10 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,242 | 13 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,784 | 9 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,546 | 11 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,910 | 18 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,111 | 15 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,483 | 28 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,715 | 22 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,015 | 16 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,572 | 24 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,593 | 23 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,765 | 19 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,615 | 22 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,553 | 23 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,434 | 26 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,667 | 20 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,786 | 18 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,557 | 21 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,139 | 33 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,282 | 27 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,280 | 29 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,193 | 34 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,275 | 28 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,238 | 28 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,613 | 18 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,528 | 20 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,505 | 20 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,538 | 20 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,386 | 24 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,251 | 28 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,175 | 33 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,538 | 21 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,330 | 29 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,523 | 23 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,125 | 39 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,060 | 44 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,192 | 36 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,201 | 35 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,187 | 37 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,140 | 39 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,158 | 38 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,199 | 36 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,089 | 42 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,047 | 42 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,035 | 42 | |
| 1917 | — | #839 | 58 | |
| 1916 | — | #998 | 41 | |
| 1915 | — | #941 | 44 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,054 | 29 | |
| 1913 | — | #871 | 31 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,174 | 16 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,117 | 10 | |
| 1910 | — | #822 | 14 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #825 | 11 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #741 | 11 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #701 | 10 | |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #814 | 7 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #489 | 14 | |
| 1881 | — | #563 | 10 | |
| 1880 | — | #571 | 11 | |
The first year at least five girls were named Finley! It came in at #12,362, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1989–1995, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Finley is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Montana#20 · 1 in 128
- Vermont#68 · 1 in 184
- Iowa#73 · 1 in 342
- New Hampshire#83 · 1 in 275
- Kansas#86 · 1 in 371
Best ever in a state: #16 in Montana, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #20 | 22 | 1 in 128 |
| Vermont | #68 | 6 | 1 in 184 |
| Iowa | #73 | 38 | 1 in 342 |
| New Hampshire | #83 | 13 | 1 in 275 |
| Kansas | #86 | 34 | 1 in 371 |
| Missouri | #96 | 62 | 1 in 438 |
| South Dakota | #97 | 10 | 1 in 309 |
| Minnesota | #101 | 55 | 1 in 446 |
| Oregon | #111 | 32 | 1 in 475 |
| North Dakota | #117 | 9 | 1 in 368 |
| Nebraska | #119 | 19 | 1 in 426 |
| Utah | #135 | 33 | 1 in 547 |
| Washington | #135 | 52 | 1 in 618 |
| Arkansas | #137 | 22 | 1 in 513 |
| Idaho | #138 | 13 | 1 in 495 |
| Wisconsin | #138 | 39 | 1 in 597 |
| Oklahoma | #141 | 28 | 1 in 600 |
| Colorado | #142 | 41 | 1 in 575 |
| North Carolina | #142 | 71 | 1 in 638 |
| Indiana | #144 | 48 | 1 in 631 |
| Alaska | #148 | 6 | 1 in 400 |
| Pennsylvania | #148 | 76 | 1 in 682 |
| Georgia | #162 | 65 | 1 in 739 |
| Louisiana | #165 | 32 | 1 in 656 |
| Connecticut | #168 | 19 | 1 in 649 |
| Tennessee | #168 | 44 | 1 in 705 |
| Virginia | #171 | 48 | 1 in 774 |
| Ohio | #172 | 67 | 1 in 777 |
| Illinois | #173 | 73 | 1 in 789 |
| Arizona | #179 | 38 | 1 in 814 |
| Alabama | #195 | 24 | 1 in 807 |
| Maine | #196 | 6 | 1 in 600 |
| Mississippi | #207 | 15 | 1 in 740 |
| South Carolina | #212 | 22 | 1 in 812 |
| Michigan | #213 | 44 | 1 in 956 |
| Maryland | #214 | 27 | 1 in 890 |
| Hawaii | #218 | 5 | 1 in 624 |
| West Virginia | #221 | 8 | 1 in 764 |
| Kentucky | #223 | 21 | 1 in 869 |
| Massachusetts | #234 | 25 | 1 in 1,019 |
| Texas | #244 | 138 | 1 in 1,212 |
| District of Columbia | #255 | 5 | 1 in 715 |
| Florida | #278 | 66 | 1 in 1,314 |
| California | #352 | 115 | 1 in 1,771 |
| Nevada | #368 | 8 | 1 in 1,395 |
| New York | #368 | 52 | 1 in 1,728 |
| New Jersey | #460 | 17 | 1 in 2,152 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Finley
- 52 spots since 2024 (#363 → #415)
- 214 spots since 2020 (#201 → #415)
- 211 spots since 2015 (#204 → #415)
- Biggest jump: 288 spots in 2005 (#1,273 → #985)
- Biggest drop: 81 spots in 2024 (#282 → #363)
- Debuted 1989
- Peaked 2017 at #159 (1,866 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 2005–2025
- Highest: 1 in 925 girls born in 2017 were named Finley (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,134 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 59.8% of all girls named Finley (13,701) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | #12,362 (1989) | #12,362 |
| 1990s | 57 | #5,424 (1999) | #9,846 |
| 2000s | 2,194 | #525 (2009) | #2,799 |
| 2010s | 13,701 | #159 (2017) | #254 |
| 2020s | 6,951 | #201 (2020) | #282 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Finley in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 1,026 of them was named Finley, which outranked 99.0% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 1,515 of them was named Finley, which outranked 98.0% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.