Boys' name · since 1998
Finian
Finian has 547 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,464 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,136 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 547
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
547 babies have been named Finian since 1998, making it today's #10136 boys' name.
Finian has 547 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10136 as of the latest data, more common than 27% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #7,464 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,136 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 547 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Finian ranks #7,464 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,136 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 547 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,464 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,136 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 547
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Finian's 547 recorded births place it above 83.57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Massachusetts.
How Finian compares
547 Top 42% higher than 58% of 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
Finian's all-time total is 48% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Finian | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 547 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 41 | 34 | 22,252 |
Finian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Finian splits its recorded history at 2012: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2023 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 41 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Finian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Finian by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (259 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Finian's strongest decade.
259 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Finian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s
2000s
259 births
- 2010s
2010s
219 births
- 2020s 51
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 259 births (47% of all-time use).
How Finian compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Finian's total volume
Finian by state
Where Finian concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 11 | 2.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 10 | 1.8% |
| #3 | California | | 7 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Washington | | 6 | 1.1% |
11 of 547 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Finian's data
- Finian's decade-level peak was the 2000s (259 total births); usage has since declined to 51 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Massachusetts records the most Finians (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Massachusetts names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Finian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
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, 1998–2025 (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 Finian 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.