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How popular is the name Finley?
Births per year, rank history and how many Finleys are alive today.
Finley (male) is currently the 18th most popular boys' name in England and Wales, with 1,886 babies given the name in 2024. This spelling of the name peaked in 2020, when 2,613 babies were given the name, the 16th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2012, with 2,248 babies given the name that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. At least 42,000 babies have been named Finley in England and Wales since 1996. Finley is one spelling of a name also recorded as Finlay and Finnley; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
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 8 and 19, and there are at least 63,000 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 Finley each year?
Includes all spellings: Finley, Finlay, Finnley. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Finley spelling rank?
Where does the Finlay 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 Finley most popular?
Finley peaked in 2011, when 3,361 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Finley?
At least 63,000 people named Finley in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Finley?
Most living Finleys are between 8 and 19; the most common age is about 15.
Is Finley becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.