Girls' name · since 2005
Finleigh
1,090 babies named Finleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,072 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,637 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,090
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Finleigh currently ranks #4637 among girls' names in America, with 1,090 babies recorded since 2005.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Finleigh has been recorded 1,090 times among girls since 2005, currently ranked #4637 nationally and more common than 73% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #7,072 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,637 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,090 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Finleigh ranks #7,072 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,637 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,090 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,072 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,637 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,090
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Finleigh's 1,090 recorded births place it above 90.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Finleigh compares
1,090 Top 31% higher than 69% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Finleigh's all-time total is 190% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Finleigh | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,090 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 110 | 21 | 19,840 |
Finleigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Finleigh's full recorded timeline at 2015, 76% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 24% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 110 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Finleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 110
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Finleigh by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (691 births, 63% of the file).
2010s was Finleigh's strongest decade.
691 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Finleigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 62
2000s
62 births
- 2010s
2010s
691 births
- 2020s
2020s
337 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 691 births (63% of all-time use).
How Finleigh compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Finleigh's total volume
Finleigh by state
Where Finleigh concentrates geographically, total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 73 | 6.7% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 31 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Missouri | | 24 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 22 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 20 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 15 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 12 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 10 | 0.9% |
73 of 1,090 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Finleigh appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Finleigh's data
- Finleigh's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (691 total births) through the 2020s (337) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Finleighs (73 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Finleigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Finleigh 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.