Finnian Boy
How popular is Finnian?
#1,486 boy name in 2025
119 baby boys were named Finnian in the US in 2025, making it the 1486th most popular boy name.
Finnian popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,486 for boys (▲ 31 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 119 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-29% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,134 in 2015, #1,415 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (187 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,055 in 2016 |
| First recorded | 1993 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Finnian counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Finnian family of names ranked #1,253 for boys in 2025 (#1,296 the year before), with 126 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Finnian | 119 | 94% |
| Finian | 7 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Finnian is most popular
Babies named Finnian per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maine: 0.3 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.2 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (39 boys)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 boys)
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (26 boys)
Finnian by decade
Boy names about as popular as Finnian
Questions
- Is Finnian a boy or girl name?
- Finnian is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Finnian were boys.
- How popular is the name Finnian?
- 119 baby boys were named Finnian in the US in 2025, making it the 1486th most popular boy name.
- When was Finnian most popular?
- Finnian peaked in 2016, when 187 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,055 in 2016.
- How many people are named Finnian?
- 3,206 babies have been named Finnian in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,178 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Finnian most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Finnian was most common in Maine, at 0.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.