# Findlay (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/findlay/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 323 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 285 / 38 (12% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 731, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Finlay.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | 17,433 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,221 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,123 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,162 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,150 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,006 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 11,289 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6,427 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,327 |
| 2014 | 18 | 5,120 |
| 2015 | 22 | 4,439 |
| 2016 | 25 | 4,131 |
| 2017 | 18 | 5,161 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,467 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,644 |
| 2020 | 20 | 4,753 |
| 2021 | 15 | 5,861 |
| 2022 | 19 | 5,094 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,428 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,543 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,106 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 36 | 811 |
| 2011 | 27 | 999 |
| 2012 | 29 | 977 |
| 2013 | 29 | 976 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,144 |
| 2015 | 24 | 1,121 |
| 2016 | 29 | 994 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,339 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,825 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,692 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1,758 |

## People named Findlay

- George MacKay, Canadian rower (1900-1972)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.