# Finley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/finley/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfɪnli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 42,288 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 19,380 / 22,908 (54% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 44,373, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 880 | 364 |
| 2012 | 913 | 349 |
| 2013 | 1,093 | 292 |
| 2014 | 1,510 | 223 |
| 2015 | 1,602 | 204 |
| 2016 | 1,727 | 191 |
| 2017 | 1,866 | 159 |
| 2018 | 1,755 | 165 |
| 2019 | 1,575 | 188 |
| 2020 | 1,442 | 201 |
| 2021 | 1,414 | 211 |
| 2022 | 1,367 | 218 |
| 2023 | 1,113 | 282 |
| 2024 | 862 | 363 |
| 2025 | 753 | 415 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 507 | 511 |
| 2012 | 478 | 546 |
| 2013 | 571 | 483 |
| 2014 | 834 | 376 |
| 2015 | 1,060 | 326 |
| 2016 | 1,253 | 287 |
| 2017 | 1,296 | 279 |
| 2018 | 1,290 | 275 |
| 2019 | 1,194 | 287 |
| 2020 | 1,089 | 305 |
| 2021 | 1,307 | 265 |
| 2022 | 1,225 | 281 |
| 2023 | 1,178 | 285 |
| 2024 | 1,156 | 290 |
| 2025 | 1,017 | 333 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,245 | 34 |
| 2012 | 2,248 | 34 |
| 2013 | 2,154 | 34 |
| 2014 | 2,115 | 36 |
| 2015 | 1,978 | 36 |
| 2016 | 2,022 | 35 |
| 2017 | 1,944 | 31 |
| 2018 | 1,926 | 30 |
| 2019 | 1,842 | 27 |
| 2020 | 2,613 | 16 |
| 2021 | 2,283 | 19 |
| 2022 | 2,025 | 21 |
| 2023 | 1,844 | 20 |
| 2024 | 1,886 | 18 |
| 2025 | 1,733 | 18 |

## People named Finley

- Samuel Finley Breese Morse, American inventor and painter (1791–1872)
- Finley Quaye, British musician, singer, recording artist
- Finley Burns, English association football player (born 2003)
- James Ransone, American actor (1979–2025)

## 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.