Fin
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Fin is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “fair, white”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Fin mean?
Irish: spelling of Finn; from Irish Fionn; also an Old Norse name
“fair, white”
From Fionn mac Cumhaill, the legendary Irish hero; also an old Scandinavian name meaning a Finn or Sámi.
- Say it
- FIN
Meaning borrowed from Finn. More on Wiktionary.
Is Fin a girl's or a boy's name?
Fin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Fin, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Fin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,082 boys in the UK were given Fin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #54, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Fin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Fin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Fin, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Fin in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,803 boys in the US were given Fin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #222, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
Fin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Names like Fin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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