Findley
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FIND-lee
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Findley is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “fair warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Findley mean?
Scottish: variant of Findlay, from Gaelic Fionnlagh
“fair warrior”
Variant of Findlay or Finlay; Macbeth's father was Findláech, Mormaer of Moray.
Is Findley a girl's or a boy's name?
Findley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Findley in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Findley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Findley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | #6,493 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,418 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,384 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
How popular is Findley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Findley, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1941.
2025 had fewer boys named Findley than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Findley in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2023, 21% of the babies named Findley in the US were girls.
Findley in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
Nicknames for Findley
- Finn 945 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Findley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finley Finn Brody Lochlan Kian Kayden Aiden Oakley Renley Flynn Logan Rowan
Names related to Findley
More Scottish names
Isla Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox Dallas Reid Lachlan
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, “Findley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/findley, updated 20 October 2026.