Phineas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FIN-ee-as
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,609 for boys
Phineas is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “the Nubian”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 1,609th for boys in the US (105 babies).
What does Phineas mean?
Hebrew: biblical name, probably from Egyptian
“the Nubian”
Phinehas, grandson of Aaron, was a priest in the Bible; showman Phineas T. Barnum is a famous bearer.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Phineas a girl's or a boy's name?
Phineas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 105 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Phineas in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Phineas, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 15 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Phineas than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Phineas in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were given Phineas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,043, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Phineas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 15 | #1,692 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Phineas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,609th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 105 about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 105 boys in the US were named Phineas, making it the 1,609th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,423rd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 142 boys.
Half of all the boys named Phineas in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 236 boys in the US were given Phineas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #898, up from #1,609 for this spelling alone.
Phineas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 105 | #1,609 |
| 2024 | 114 | #1,540 |
| 2023 | 99 | #1,701 |
| 2022 | 108 | #1,611 |
| 2021 | 131 | #1,397 |
| 2020 | 121 | #1,423 |
| 2019 | 118 | #1,468 |
| 2018 | 136 | #1,328 |
| 2017 | 129 | #1,373 |
| 2016 | 142 | #1,279 |
| 2015 | 95 | #1,657 |
| 2014 | 106 | #1,514 |
| 2013 | 98 | #1,578 |
| 2012 | 105 | #1,523 |
| 2011 | 120 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 141 | #1,245 |
| 2009 | 130 | #1,331 |
| 2008 | 117 | #1,428 |
| 2007 | 88 | #1,713 |
| 2006 | 67 | #1,993 |
| 2005 | 43 | #2,563 |
| 2004 | 40 | #2,639 |
| 2003 | 39 | #2,575 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Nicknames for Phineas
- Finn 945 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Phineas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elias, Tobias, Elijah, Matteo, Noah, Asher, Isaiah, Axel, Hudson, Levi, Ezra, Gabriel
Other spellings of Phineas
Names related to Phineas
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Eliana, Joseph
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, “Phineas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/phineas, updated 20 October 2026.