Finlay
Finlay is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 55 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 550.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201564 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1918
- 1,247people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,051 boys have been named Finlay in the United States since 1918, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 64 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2014, and the 2010s alone account for 42%.
Finlay is used for both sexes: 16% of its bearers are girls (196), most of them born around 2017.
By decade
In 2015, its biggest year
Finlay was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2015 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Finlay
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Roanpeak 2024
- Damaripeak 2016
- Avianpeak 2022
- Sincerepeak 2022
- Demaripeak 2021
- Abhirampeak 2016
- Gianlucapeak 2017
- Camaripeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.