Recorded 1921–1960 Boys' name Peak 1922 16 births

Finest — boys' name

16 babies named Finest in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1920s111960s5
1920s
Peak decade

69% of everyone ever named Finest was born in this single decade.

1922
Single peak year

6 babies were named Finest in 1922 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Finest

The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Finest between 1921 and 1960, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Finest currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Finest performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Finest shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Finest 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 16 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.

Finest at a glance

Last recorded 1960

Total births

16

Since 1921

40 years of records

Peak year

1922

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1960

Active since

1921

Recorded for 40 years

Last year on file: 1960

Finest popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1921

Last recorded 1960
Peak year (1922)
6
Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
4.555.566.5 196019221921 5

Finest by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
11 births that decade — 69% of Finest's all-time total
1920s111960s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Finest?
16 babies have been named Finest since 1921. It was last recorded in 1960. The peak year was 1922 with 6 births.
When was Finest most popular?
Finest was most popular in the 1920s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1922.
How long has the name Finest been used?
Finest has been recorded in Social Security data since 1921, spanning 40 years of data through 1960.
What names are similar to Finest?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Finn, Finley, Finnegan, Finnley, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1921–1960 (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.