Finis — boys' name

What the Data Says About Finis

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,195 babies named Finis between 1880 and 2009, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Finis currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 70 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Finis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 529 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Finis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 361 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Finis in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Finis 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 2,195 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.