Finlee
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FIN-lee
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,067 for girls
Finlee is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “fair warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 3,067th for girls in the US (53 babies).
What does Finlee mean?
Scottish: variant of Finley, from Gaelic Fionnlagh
“fair warrior”
From the Gaelic Fionnlagh, combining fionn 'fair, white' and laoch 'warrior'.
Is Finlee a girl's or a boy's name?
Finlee is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 53 girls and 24 boys in the US.
How popular is Finlee in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Finlee, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 19 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Finlee than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Finlee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,418 boys in the UK were given Finlee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #16, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Finlee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,406 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
How popular is Finlee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,067among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 53about 1 in 30,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 53 girls in the US were named Finlee, making it the 3,067th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,341st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 96 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006. 24 boys were also named Finlee in 2025 (4,248th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Finlee in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,008 girls in the US were given Finlee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #333, up from #3,067 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 84% of the babies named Finlee in the US in 2013, and 69% in 2025.
Finlee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #3,067 |
| 2024 | 49 | #3,225 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,975 |
| 2022 | 71 | #2,510 |
| 2021 | 77 | #2,345 |
| 2020 | 75 | #2,341 |
| 2019 | 85 | #2,170 |
| 2018 | 96 | #2,026 |
| 2017 | 92 | #2,097 |
| 2016 | 78 | #2,385 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,555 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,920 |
| 2013 | 53 | #3,075 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,781 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
Nicknames for Finlee
- Finn 945 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Finlee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Brody Kayden Lochlan Ronan Aiden Conan Kian Cassian Keegan Darragh Brayden
Other spellings of Finlee
Finley Finlay Finnley Findlay Fynnley Finnlay Fynley Finleigh Fynlee Finnleigh
Names related to Finlee
More Scottish names
Isla Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Carson Maxwell Brodie 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, “Finlee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/finlee, updated 20 October 2026.