Findlay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FIN-lee
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,372 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
- Style
- Big in Scotland
Findlay is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “fair warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 1,372nd for boys in the UK (21 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Findlay mean?
Scottish: spelling of Finlay, from Gaelic Fionnlagh
“fair warrior”
Spelling of Finlay, from the Scottish Gaelic Fionnlagh.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Findlay a girl's or a boy's name?
Findlay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Findlay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,372nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were named Findlay, making it the 1,372nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 866th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 113 boys.
Half of all the boys named Findlay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,418 boys in the UK were given Findlay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #16, up from #1,372 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 198th in Scotland.
Findlay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,372 |
| 2024 | 34 | #984 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2022 | 50 | #744 |
| 2021 | 38 | #896 |
| 2020 | 38 | #866 |
| 2019 | 37 | #889 |
| 2018 | 35 | #940 |
| 2017 | 49 | #763 |
| 2016 | 70 | #594 |
| 2015 | 55 | #688 |
| 2014 | 71 | #577 |
| 2013 | 57 | #657 |
| 2012 | 62 | #627 |
| 2011 | 59 | #649 |
| 2010 | 75 | #521 |
| 2009 | 61 | #597 |
| 2008 | 79 | #500 |
| 2007 | 113 | #357 |
| 2006 | 81 | #444 |
| 2005 | 96 | #360 |
| 2004 | 74 | #415 |
| 2003 | 77 | #385 |
| 2002 | 51 | #481 |
| 2001 | 37 | #576 |
| 2000 | 43 | #517 |
| 1999 | 43 | #522 |
| 1998 | 29 | #671 |
| 1997 | 18 | #899 |
| 1996 | 25 | #677 |
How popular is Findlay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Findlay, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Findlay than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Findlay in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,460 boys in the US were given Findlay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #259, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Findlay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
Nicknames for Findlay
- Finn 945 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Findlay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Brody, Lochlan, Kayden, Aiden, Kian, Logan, Ronan, Flynn, Rowan, Declan, Darragh
Other spellings of Findlay
Finley, Finlay, Finnley, Fynnley, Finlee, Finnlay, Fynley, Finnlee
Names related to Findlay
More Scottish names
Isla, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas, Reid, Lachlan, Mackenzie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Findlay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/findlay, updated 20 October 2026.