Finley

Boy · FIN-lee · Scottish

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Finley is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “fair warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 22nd for boys in the UK (1,778 babies) and 333rd for boys in the US (1,017 babies).

What does Finley mean?

Scottish: spelling of Finlay, from Gaelic Fionnlagh

“fair warrior”

Spelling of Finlay, from the Scottish Gaelic Fionnlagh.

Say it: FIN-lee

Is Finley a girl's or a boy's name?

Finley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 1,778 boys in the UK and 753 girls and 1,017 boys in the US.

How popular is Finley in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #22among boys
Babies in 2025: 1,778about 1 in 170 boys
Five-year trend: Steadydown 14% in five years
Same name in a class: 8%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,778 boys in the UK were named Finley, making it the 22nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 18th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 2,704 boys. 6 girls were also named Finley in 2025 (3,776th for girls).

2025 had fewer boys named Finley than any year since 2007.

Half of all the boys named Finley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,418 boys in the UK were given Finley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #16, up from #22 for this spelling alone.

Finley 1,778
Finlay 524
Finnley 79
Findlay 21
Fynnley 5
Finlee 4
Finnlay 4
Fynley 3

Among boys in 2025, it was 18th in England and Wales, 132nd in Scotland and 185th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#72), 2014 (#36) and 2024 (#18).

1996Busiest: 2,704 in 20202025

Finley in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	1,778	#22
2024	1,953	#21
2023	1,910	#21
2022	2,101	#22
2021	2,366	#19
2020	2,704	#18
2019	1,904	#30
2018	1,975	#32
2017	1,997	#36
2016	2,067	#37
2015	2,023	#39
2014	2,162	#37
2013	2,196	#36
2012	2,287	#36
2011	2,263	#39
2010	2,216	#41
2009	1,935	#46
2008	1,836	#49
2007	1,659	#53
2006	1,258	#64
2005	1,062	#74
2004	913	#82
2003	718	#89
2002	552	#104
2001	382	#133
2000	357	#131
1999	334	#137
1998	195	#188
1997	39	#525
1996	23	#724

How popular is Finley in the US?

Rank in 2025: #333among boys
Babies in 2025: 1,017about 1 in 1,700 boys
Five-year trend: Steadydown 6% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,017 boys in the US were named Finley, making it the 333rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 304th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 1,307 boys. 753 girls were also named Finley in 2025 (415th for girls).

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Finley than any year since 2014.

Half of all the boys named Finley in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,460 boys in the US were given Finley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #259, up from #333 for this spelling alone.

Finley 1,017
Finnley 340
Finlay 50
Finlee 24
Finnlee 17
Findlay 6
Fynnley 6

In 1999, 53% of the babies named Finley in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 43%, with more boys than girls since 2023.

1880Busiest: 1,307 in 20212025

Finley in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	1,017	#333
2024	1,156	#290
2023	1,178	#285
2022	1,225	#281
2021	1,307	#265
2020	1,089	#304
2019	1,194	#287
2018	1,290	#275
2017	1,296	#279
2016	1,253	#287
2015	1,060	#326
2014	834	#376
2013	571	#483
2012	478	#545
2011	507	#510
2010	419	#596
2009	331	#717
2008	266	#824
2007	272	#793
2006	220	#891
2005	136	#1,169
2004	121	#1,244
2003	74	#1,670
2002	42	#2,399
2001	35	#2,676
2000	38	#2,471
1999	17	#4,157
1998	17	#4,015
1997	12	#4,954
1996	15	#4,179
1995	12	#4,785
1994	9	#5,862
1993	0	–
1992	8	#6,120
1991	6	#7,263
1990	6	#7,171
1989	11	#4,521
1988	10	#4,445
1987	7	#5,453
1986	0	–
1985	0	–
1984	7	#4,969
1983	0	–
1982	0	–
1981	8	#4,507
1980	8	#4,493
1979	12	#3,356
1978	0	–
1977	6	#5,121
1976	7	#4,416
1975	7	#4,307
1974	5	#5,225
1973	10	#3,221
1972	17	#2,243
1971	12	#2,811
1970	9	#3,280
1969	13	#2,414
1968	10	#2,734
1967	13	#2,241
1966	9	#2,783
1965	13	#2,269
1964	11	#2,545
1963	14	#2,199
1962	11	#2,502
1961	9	#2,898
1960	18	#1,909
1959	15	#2,110
1958	28	#1,482
1957	22	#1,714
1956	16	#2,014
1955	24	#1,571
1954	23	#1,592
1953	19	#1,764
1952	22	#1,614
1951	23	#1,552
1950	26	#1,433
1949	20	#1,666
1948	21	#1,610
1947	18	#1,785
1946	21	#1,556
1945	33	#1,138
1944	27	#1,282
1943	29	#1,279
1942	34	#1,193
1941	24	#1,372
1940	28	#1,275
1939	28	#1,238
1938	18	#1,613
1937	20	#1,528
1936	20	#1,505
1935	20	#1,538
1934	24	#1,386
1933	28	#1,251
1932	33	#1,175
1931	21	#1,538
1930	29	#1,330
1929	23	#1,523
1928	39	#1,125
1927	44	#1,060
1926	36	#1,192
1925	35	#1,201
1924	37	#1,187
1923	39	#1,140
1922	38	#1,158
1921	36	#1,199
1920	42	#1,089
1919	42	#1,047
1918	42	#1,035
1917	58	#839
1916	41	#998
1915	44	#941
1914	29	#1,054
1913	31	#871
1912	16	#1,174
1911	10	#1,116
1910	14	#822
1909	7	#1,155
1908	11	#825
1907	6	#1,199
1906	9	#852
1905	11	#741
1904	5	#1,204
1903	0	–
1902	0	–
1901	8	#778
1900	8	#967
1899	0	–
1898	10	#700
1897	9	#725
1896	6	#981
1895	0	–
1894	5	#1,073
1893	6	#906
1892	8	#791
1891	0	–
1890	7	#814
1889	5	#973
1888	8	#755
1887	7	#752
1886	6	#845
1885	8	#700
1884	10	#613
1883	7	#720
1882	14	#489
1881	10	#563
1880	11	#571

Nicknames for Finley

Finn 945 boys in the UK in 2025

Names like Finley

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Finn Brody Rowan Oakley Logan Riley Theo Oscar Kian Hudson Kayden Roman

Other spellings of Finley

Finlay Finnley Findlay Fynnley Finlee Finnlay Fynley Finnlee

Names related to Finley

Finnly

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