Boys' name · since 2015

Finland

12 babies named Finland in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#32,594 of 45,481
all-time among boys
12
born since 2015
2020s
peak decade

Finland is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 12 have been recorded since 2015.

Finland has 12 recorded births among boys since 2015, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2021.

  • #32,594 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 12 born since 2015
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Finland ranks #32,594 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.

#32,594 of 45,481
all-time among boys
12
born since 2015
2020s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Finland's 12 recorded births place it above 27.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Finland's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Finland's full recorded timeline at 2021, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Finland popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2021

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2021)
7
Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 20152021 7

Finland by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).

2020s was Finland's strongest decade.

7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.

Finland births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Finland? ▼
Finland has been given to 12 babies in the U.S. since 2015, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #32,594 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2021. 7 babies were born in 2021, its single highest year.
Where does Finland sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Finland ranks #32,594 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Finland most popular? ▼
Finland was most popular in the 2020s decade with 7 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
How long has the name Finland been used? ▼
Records for Finland go back to 2015, giving 7 years of history through 2021.
What names are similar to Finland? ▼
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.

Keep exploring Finland

Nearby Names Like Finland

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Finland

Finn Boy
#206 34,949 births
Finley Boy
#333 19,380 births
Finnegan Boy
#526 13,011 births
Finnley Boy
#759 5,658 births
Finnian Boy
#1490 3,206 births

Compare Finland side by side: Finland vs Finn Finland vs Finley Finland vs Finnegan

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12 births · Peak 1913
Sverre
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Emuel
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Finland: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2015–2021 (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 Finland 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.