Girl & boy name
Finley
Finley holds the #415 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular girl names in the U.S. That amounts to 753 newborn girls in a single year. The name has been cooling off, slipping from #201 in 2020 to #415 today. Its strongest year on record was 2017 (#159 nationally, 1,866 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1989. The name's biggest fan base is in Montana (#105 there in 2025).
Rankings
Finley popularity, 1880–2025
Where Finley is most popular
Uniqueness score
A familiar pick that most people will recognize instantly. Based on how many babies per birth were named Finley in the most recent year of SSA data.
Finley as a boy name
Finley is currently the #333 boy name in the United States, based on 2025 Social Security data. In raw numbers: 1,017 babies. The ranking has held remarkably steady over the last five years. Looking at the full record since 1880, Finley hit its all-time high of #265 in 2021, when 1,307 boys were given the name. State by state, Maine leads the way at #91.