Finnley Boy & girl

How popular is Finnley?

#757 boy name in 2025

340 baby boys were named Finnley in the US in 2025, making it the 757th most popular boy name. Another 141 girls got the name (#1,512 for girls).

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8,109living people named Finnley (est.)
8median age of people named Finnley
8,151babies named Finnley since 1880
1 in 6,893US babies born in 2025

Finnley popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#757 for boys (▼ 42 from 2024)
Babies in 2025340 boys, 141 girls
10-year trendSteady (+5% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#749 in 2015, #610 in 2020
Peak year2021 (470 boys)
Highest rank#591 in 2021
First recorded1999
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)72% boys, 28% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Finnley counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Finnley family of names ranked #685 for boys in 2025 (#665 the year before), with 369 babies in all.

SpellingBoys in 2025Share
Finnley 340 92%
Finnlee 17 5%
Finnly 6 2%
Fynnley 6 2%

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 Finnley is most popular

Babies named Finnley per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Oregon: 0.8 per 1,000 (59 boys)
  2. Wisconsin: 0.7 per 1,000 (81 boys)
  3. Minnesota: 0.6 per 1,000 (77 boys)
  4. Alaska: 0.6 per 1,000 (7 boys)
  5. Washington: 0.6 per 1,000 (96 boys)

Finnley by decade

DecadeBaby boysBest rank
1990s7#7,867
2000s293#1,687
2010s2,849#597
2020s2,509#591

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Questions

Is Finnley a boy or girl name?
Finnley is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 72% of babies named Finnley were boys and 28% were girls.
How popular is the name Finnley?
340 baby boys were named Finnley in the US in 2025, making it the 757th most popular boy name. Another 141 girls got the name (#1,512 for girls).
When was Finnley most popular?
Finnley peaked in 2021, when 470 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #591 in 2021.
How many people are named Finnley?
8,151 babies have been named Finnley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,109 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
Where is Finnley most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Finnley was most common in Oregon, at 0.8 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.