Finnley
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FIN-lee
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #538 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #757 for boys
Finnley is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “fair warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 538th for boys in the UK (79 babies) and 757th for boys in the US (340 babies).
What does Finnley mean?
Scottish: spelling of Finley
“fair warrior”
Spelling of Finley, influenced by Finn.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Finnley a girl's or a boy's name?
Finnley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 79 boys in the UK and 141 girls and 340 boys in the US.
How popular is Finnley in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 79about 1 in 3,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 79 boys in the UK were named Finnley, making it the 538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 299th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 179 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Finnley than any year since 2004.
Half of all the boys named Finnley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,418 boys in the UK were given Finnley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #16, up from #538 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 487th in England and Wales.
Finnley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | #538 |
| 2024 | 94 | #476 |
| 2023 | 122 | #385 |
| 2022 | 134 | #358 |
| 2021 | 179 | #289 |
| 2020 | 174 | #299 |
| 2019 | 145 | #352 |
| 2018 | 125 | #390 |
| 2017 | 141 | #374 |
| 2016 | 136 | #379 |
| 2015 | 125 | #386 |
| 2014 | 134 | #363 |
| 2013 | 119 | #388 |
| 2012 | 167 | #310 |
| 2011 | 151 | #327 |
| 2010 | 111 | #404 |
| 2009 | 123 | #359 |
| 2008 | 119 | #361 |
| 2007 | 103 | #394 |
| 2006 | 80 | #449 |
| 2005 | 93 | #374 |
| 2004 | 65 | #466 |
| 2003 | 47 | #556 |
| 2002 | 24 | #846 |
| 2001 | 37 | #576 |
| 2000 | 20 | #882 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,142 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Finnley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #757among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 340about 1 in 5,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 340 boys in the US were named Finnley, making it the 757th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 610th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 470 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999. 141 girls were also named Finnley in 2025 (1,512th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Finnley than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Finnley in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,460 boys in the US were given Finnley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #259, up from #757 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 29% of the babies named Finnley in the US were girls.
Finnley in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 340 | #757 |
| 2024 | 371 | #715 |
| 2023 | 409 | #664 |
| 2022 | 470 | #598 |
| 2021 | 470 | #591 |
| 2020 | 449 | #610 |
| 2019 | 464 | #597 |
| 2018 | 438 | #615 |
| 2017 | 426 | #615 |
| 2016 | 423 | #631 |
| 2015 | 323 | #749 |
| 2014 | 260 | #853 |
| 2013 | 178 | #1,058 |
| 2012 | 121 | #1,383 |
| 2011 | 108 | #1,495 |
| 2010 | 108 | #1,503 |
| 2009 | 93 | #1,687 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,061 |
| 2007 | 41 | #2,866 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
Nicknames for Finnley
- Finn 945 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Finnley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Brody Kayden Lochlan Ronan Aiden Conan Kian Kody Darragh Declan Keegan
Other spellings of Finnley
Names related to Finnley
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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, “Finnley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/finnley, updated 20 October 2026.