Fin — #8061 US boys' name
240 babies named Fin in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 43% of names given to boys today.
62% of everyone ever named Fin was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Fin in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fin
The Social Security Administration has registered 240 babies named Fin between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fin currently holds the #8061 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 148 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Fin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Fin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fin in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 240 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Fin at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Fin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2015)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #8061 among boys.
240 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 21 births in a single year.
Fin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 148 births that decade — 62% of Fin's all-time total
Fin decade highlights
- Peak decade 148 births
- Runner-up 67 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Fin's strongest decade
148 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
Fin by state
Where Fin concentrates geographically — total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 6.3% |
15 of 240 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 6.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2003–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.