# Finn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/finn/  
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 | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfɪn/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 35,380 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 34,949 / 431 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 15,171, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

An Old and Middle Irish form of Fionn.

## 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 | 16 | 7,548 |
| 2012 | 11 | 9,941 |
| 2013 | 16 | 7,512 |
| 2014 | 19 | 6,538 |
| 2015 | 26 | 5,180 |
| 2016 | 28 | 4,899 |
| 2017 | 35 | 4,168 |
| 2018 | 23 | 5,512 |
| 2019 | 26 | 5,080 |
| 2020 | 24 | 5,212 |
| 2021 | 21 | 5,820 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7,764 |
| 2023 | 17 | 6,754 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,441 |
| 2025 | 15 | 7,244 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,090 | 303 |
| 2012 | 1,216 | 291 |
| 2013 | 1,456 | 250 |
| 2014 | 1,585 | 234 |
| 2015 | 1,906 | 209 |
| 2016 | 2,297 | 175 |
| 2017 | 2,382 | 167 |
| 2018 | 2,329 | 166 |
| 2019 | 2,243 | 173 |
| 2020 | 2,147 | 179 |
| 2021 | 2,092 | 184 |
| 2022 | 2,144 | 177 |
| 2023 | 1,921 | 187 |
| 2024 | 1,799 | 198 |
| 2025 | 1,702 | 206 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4 | 3,174 |
| 1998 | 5 | 2,701 |
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |
| 2000 | 6 | 2,416 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 469 | 136 |
| 2012 | 469 | 131 |
| 2013 | 511 | 116 |
| 2014 | 488 | 128 |
| 2015 | 512 | 126 |
| 2016 | 650 | 100 |
| 2017 | 672 | 96 |
| 2018 | 817 | 76 |
| 2019 | 707 | 86 |
| 2020 | 757 | 73 |
| 2021 | 788 | 72 |
| 2022 | 702 | 82 |
| 2023 | 613 | 84 |
| 2024 | 637 | 83 |
| 2025 | 706 | 74 |

## People named Finn

- Finn Wittrock, American actor
- Finn Jones, British actor
- Finn Cole, British actor
- Finn Ronne, American explorer (1899–1980)
- Finn Bennett, British actor (born 1999)
- Finn Pedersen, Danish rower (1925–2012)
- Finn Carter, American actress
- Finn Lemke, German handball player
- Finn Haunstoft, Danish canoe racer (1928–2008)
- Finn Tugwell, Danish table tennis player
- Finn Dahmen, German association football player
- Finn Florijn, Dutch rower

## 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.