Boys' name · since 2011
Finch
199 babies named Finch in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,974 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,084 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 199
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Finch currently ranks #6084 among boys' names in America, with 199 babies recorded since 2011.
Social Security Administration records show Finch recorded 199 times among boys since 2011, holding rank #6084 nationally today, ahead of 56% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #12,974 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,084 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 199 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Finch ranks #12,974 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,084 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 199 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,974 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,084 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 199
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Finch's 199 recorded births place it above 71.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Finch compares
199 38th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Finch's all-time total is 46% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Finch | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 199 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 34 | 22,252 |
Finch's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Finch's full recorded timeline at 2018, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Finch popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Finch popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2022 (Finch as girls' name)
Finch by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (102 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Finch's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Finch births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
97 births
- 2020s
2020s
102 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 102 births (51% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Finch: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2011–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Finch draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.