Phinneas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- FIN-ee-as
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Phinneas is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “the Nubian”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Phinneas mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Phineas; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Phineas. More on Wiktionary.
Is Phinneas a girl's or a boy's name?
Phinneas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Phinneas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Phinneas, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Phinneas in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 236 boys in the US were given Phinneas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #898, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Phinneas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
Nicknames for Phinneas
- Finn 945 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Phinneas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finnegan, Cassian, Eliam, Mathias, Callahan, Cohen, Ozias, Kayden, Caspian, Eliel, Callan, Killian
Other spellings of Phinneas
Names related to Phinneas
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Phinneas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/phinneas, updated 20 October 2026.