first name
FINLEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 26,158 people named Finley, 88.8% reported their origin as White, 4.9% as two or more races and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 59.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Finley peaked in 2017, when 3,162 babies got the name.
At least 42,288 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Finley by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #294. The largest share of babies named Finley, 77%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Finley is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Finley has been most common in Montana (2.6×), Oregon (2.4×), and Colorado (2.3×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.27×).
39,093 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Finley
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Finley, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Finley ranks #946 of 156,621, with 36,189 people. See Finley as a last name
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