Finian — #11489 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Finian

The Social Security Administration has registered 540 babies named Finian between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Finian currently holds the #11489 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Finian performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 259 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Finian shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Finian in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Finian 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 540 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.