Finch
Boy · FINCH · English
Finch is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “finch (songbird)”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Finch mean?
English: the bird name, also an English surname
“finch (songbird)”
Atticus Finch is the principled lawyer in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.
- Say it
- FINCH
Is Finch a girl's or a boy's name?
Finch is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Finch in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Finch, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Finch than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Finch in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Finch in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
How popular is Finch in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Finch, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Finch in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Finch in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
Names like Finch
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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