# Phineas (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/phineas/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Phinny |
| Variant spellings | Finneas |
| US babies named this | 2,803 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,803 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 199, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φινέας (Phinéas), alternative form of Φινεύς (Phineús). See Phineus. Alternative source from Hebrew (פִינְחָס). See Phinehas.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 120 | 1,393 |
| 2012 | 105 | 1,533 |
| 2013 | 98 | 1,584 |
| 2014 | 106 | 1,523 |
| 2015 | 95 | 1,664 |
| 2016 | 142 | 1,284 |
| 2017 | 129 | 1,376 |
| 2018 | 136 | 1,332 |
| 2019 | 118 | 1,471 |
| 2020 | 121 | 1,434 |
| 2021 | 131 | 1,404 |
| 2022 | 108 | 1,619 |
| 2023 | 99 | 1,707 |
| 2024 | 114 | 1,546 |
| 2025 | 105 | 1,616 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 11 | 1,991 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,018 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Финей
- Chinese: 菲尼亞斯 /菲尼亚斯
- Japanese: フィニアス

## People named Phineas

- Phineas Gage, 19th century American railway worker who survived a large brain trauma
- Phineas Fletcher, British writer
- Phineas Quimby, American writer (1802–1866)
- Phineas Newborn Jr., American jazz pianist (1931–1989)
- Phineas Hitchcock, American politician (1831–1881)
- P. T. Barnum, American showman and politician (1810–1891)

## 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.