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How popular is the name Finlay?
Births per year, rank history and how many Finlays are alive today.
Finlay (male), a spelling of Finley, sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 175th in 2025 with 293 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2007, when 1,343 babies were given the name, the 59th most popular that year. It has declined since 2007; the 2025 figure is roughly 22% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 18,000 babies have been named Finlay in England and Wales since 1996.
Across all spellings of the name, the Finley you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Finleys born in England and Wales are between 7 and 19, and there are at least 65,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 19% chance that at least one of them will be called Finley.
How many babies are named Finlay each year?
Includes all spellings: Finlay, Finley, Finnley. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Finlay spelling rank?
Where does the Finley spelling rank?
Where does the Finnley spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Finlay most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Finley, peaked in 2011, when 3,361 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Finlay spelling itself peaked in 2007, with 1,343 babies.
How many people are called Finlay?
At least 65,000 people named Finlay in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Finlay?
Most living Finlays are between 7 and 19; the most common age is about 15.
Is Finlay becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2011 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.