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How popular is “Finley” in the USA?

Number of people named “Finley” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Finley” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Finley” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Finley” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Finley” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Finley” by birth year

This chart shows how “Finley” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 11 0.000054595 11 -100%
1881 10 0.000051897 10 -100%
1882 14 0.000063196 14 -100%
1883 7 0.000032266 7 -100%
1884 10 0.000041074 10 -100%
1885 8 0.000033215 8 -100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 -100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 -100%
1888 8 0.000026714 8 -100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 -100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 -100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 -100%
1893 6 0.000018449 6 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 -100%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 -100%
1898 10 0.000026215 10 -100%
1900 8 0.000017768 8 -100%
1901 8 0.000023134 8 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1905 11 0.000025948 11 -100%
1906 9 0.000021006 9 -100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 -100%
1908 11 0.000022511 11 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 -100%
1910 14 0.0000237 14 -100%
1911 10 0.000015521 10 -100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 -100%
1913 31 0.000027262 31 -100%
1914 29 0.000020475 29 -100%
1915 44 0.000024012 44 -100%
1916 41 0.000021195 41 -100%
1917 58 0.000028902 58 -100%
1918 42 0.000019345 42 -100%
1919 42 0.000019903 42 -100%
1920 42 0.000018562 42 -100%
1921 36 0.000015421 36 -100%
1922 38 0.0000166 38 -100%
1923 39 0.000016938 39 -100%
1924 37 0.000015536 37 -100%
1925 35 0.000015 35 -100%
1926 36 0.00001568 36 -100%
1927 44 0.000018971 44 -100%
1928 39 0.000017249 39 -100%
1929 23 0.000010492 23 -100%
1930 29 0.000013044 29 -100%
1931 21 0.000009979 21 -100%
1932 33 0.00001563 33 -100%
1933 28 0.000014004 28 -100%
1934 24 0.000011556 24 -100%
1935 20 0.00000957 20 -100%
1936 20 0.000009627 20 -100%
1937 20 0.000009387 20 -100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 -100%
1939 28 0.000012707 28 -100%
1940 28 0.00001216 28 -100%
1941 24 0.00000985 24 -100%
1942 34 0.000012446 34 -100%
1943 29 0.000010274 29 -100%
1944 27 0.000010037 27 -100%
1945 33 0.000012439 33 -100%
1946 21 0.000006572 21 -100%
1947 18 0.000004997 18 -100%
1948 21 0.000006083 21 -100%
1949 20 0.000005739 20 -100%
1950 26 0.000007421 26 -100%
1951 23 0.000006244 23 -100%
1952 22 0.000005793 22 -100%
1953 19 0.00000493 19 -100%
1954 23 0.000005778 23 -100%
1955 24 0.000005977 24 -100%
1956 16 0.000003881 16 -100%
1957 22 0.000005235 22 -100%
1958 28 0.000006773 28 -100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 -100%
1960 18 0.000004333 18 -100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 -100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 -100%
1963 14 0.000003537 14 -100%
1964 11 0.00000283 11 -100%
1965 13 0.000003586 13 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1967 13 0.000003829 13 -100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 -100%
1969 13 0.000003741 13 -100%
1970 9 0.000002495 9 -100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 -100%
1972 17 0.000005409 17 -100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1979 12 0.000003607 12 -100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 -100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1988 10 0.000002706 10 -100%
1989 16 0.000004162 5 11 -38%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 -100%
1991 11 0.000002824 5 6 -9%
1992 8 0.000002083 8 -100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 -100%
1995 17 0.000004642 5 12 -41%
1996 22 0.000006032 7 15 -36%
1997 21 0.000005792 9 12 -14%
1998 29 0.000007884 12 17 -17%
1999 36 0.000009746 19 17 6%
2000 55 0.000014551 17 38 -38%
2001 46 0.000012288 11 35 -52%
2002 69 0.000018458 27 42 -22%
2003 117 0.000030771 43 74 -26%
2004 289 0.000075636 168 121 16%
2005 384 0.000099874 248 136 29%
2006 509 0.000128659 289 220 14%
2007 624 0.00015609 352 272 13%
2008 729 0.000185465 463 266 27%
2009 907 0.000237424 576 331 27%
2010 1199 0.000324428 780 419 30%
2011 1387 0.000379191 880 507 27%
2012 1391 0.000380328 913 478 31%
2013 1664 0.000456432 1093 571 31%
2014 2344 0.000632424 1510 834 29%
2015 2662 0.000719282 1602 1060 20%
2016 2980 0.000812277 1727 1253 16%
2017 3162 0.00088418 1866 1296 18%
2018 3045 0.000866066 1755 1290 15%
2019 2769 0.000797768 1575 1194 14%
2020 2530 0.000757354 1442 1088 14%
2021 2721 0.000803141 1414 1307 4%
2022 2592 0.000766153 1367 1225 5%
2023 2290 0.000691593 1112 1178 -3%
2024 2011 0.000604176 858 1153 -15%

Explore other names

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  2. Finlay
  3. Finlea
  4. Finlee
  5. Finleigh
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  7. Finly
  8. Finn
  9. Finna
  10. Finnan
  11. Finnbar