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How popular is the name Finnlay?
Births per year, rank history and how many Finnlays are alive today.
Finnlay (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Finley in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2007, when 34 babies were given the name, the 782nd most popular that year. It has declined since 2007; the 2025 figure is roughly 12% of its peak.
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 Finnlay each year?
Includes all spellings: Finnlay, Finlay, Finley, Finnley. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Finnlay spelling rank?
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 Finnlay most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Finley, peaked in 2011, when 3,388 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Finnlay spelling itself peaked in 2007, with 34 babies.
How many people are called Finnlay?
At least 65,000 people named Finnlay in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Finnlay?
Most living Finnlays are between 7 and 19; the most common age is about 15.
Is Finnlay becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2011 peak.