Finn
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Finn is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “fair, white”. In 2025 it ranked 57th for boys in the UK (945 babies) and 206th for boys in the US (1,702 babies).
What does Finn mean?
Irish: from Irish Fionn; also an Old Norse name
“fair, white”
From Fionn mac Cumhaill, the legendary Irish hero; also an old Scandinavian name meaning a Finn or Sámi.
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Is Finn a girl's or a boy's name?
Finn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 945 boys in the UK and 15 girls and 1,702 boys in the US.
How popular is Finn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #57among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 945about 1 in 320 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 4.3%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 945 boys in the UK were named Finn, making it the 57th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 62nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 1,125 boys.
Half of all the boys named Finn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,082 boys in the UK were given Finn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #54, up from #57 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 74th in England and Wales, 18th in Scotland and 16th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2024 (#83).
Finn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 945 | #57 |
| 2024 | 911 | #63 |
| 2023 | 904 | #68 |
| 2022 | 1,001 | #63 |
| 2021 | 1,100 | #61 |
| 2020 | 1,082 | #62 |
| 2019 | 1,022 | #64 |
| 2018 | 1,125 | #62 |
| 2017 | 953 | #79 |
| 2016 | 900 | #87 |
| 2015 | 711 | #103 |
| 2014 | 670 | #104 |
| 2013 | 690 | #102 |
| 2012 | 631 | #115 |
| 2011 | 640 | #114 |
| 2010 | 620 | #119 |
| 2009 | 611 | #114 |
| 2008 | 623 | #109 |
| 2007 | 690 | #104 |
| 2006 | 676 | #106 |
| 2005 | 657 | #104 |
| 2004 | 616 | #105 |
| 2003 | 514 | #116 |
| 2002 | 444 | #123 |
| 2001 | 363 | #135 |
| 2000 | 325 | #136 |
| 1999 | 268 | #145 |
| 1998 | 195 | #188 |
| 1997 | 160 | #228 |
| 1996 | 125 | #259 |
How popular is Finn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #206among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,702about 1 in 1,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.4%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,702 boys in the US were named Finn, making it the 206th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 179th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 2,382 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918. 15 girls were also named Finn in 2025 (7,131st for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Finn than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Finn in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,803 boys in the US were given Finn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #222.
Finn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,702 | #206 |
| 2024 | 1,799 | #198 |
| 2023 | 1,921 | #187 |
| 2022 | 2,144 | #177 |
| 2021 | 2,092 | #184 |
| 2020 | 2,147 | #179 |
| 2019 | 2,243 | #173 |
| 2018 | 2,329 | #166 |
| 2017 | 2,382 | #167 |
| 2016 | 2,297 | #175 |
| 2015 | 1,906 | #209 |
| 2014 | 1,585 | #234 |
| 2013 | 1,456 | #250 |
| 2012 | 1,216 | #291 |
| 2011 | 1,090 | #302 |
| 2010 | 1,093 | #300 |
| 2009 | 920 | #342 |
| 2008 | 850 | #366 |
| 2007 | 783 | #386 |
| 2006 | 592 | #457 |
| 2005 | 458 | #529 |
| 2004 | 400 | #569 |
| 2003 | 300 | #658 |
| 2002 | 213 | #805 |
| 2001 | 209 | #801 |
| 2000 | 192 | #833 |
| 1999 | 124 | #1,078 |
| 1998 | 93 | #1,285 |
| 1997 | 46 | #1,961 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,042 |
| 1995 | 33 | #2,341 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
Names like Finn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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