Unisex name · since 2014

Finnly

Since 2014, U.S. Social Security records show 82 babies named Finnly, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#18,712 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,586 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
82
born since 2014
2010s
peak decade

82 babies have been named Finnly since 2014, making it today's #11586 unisex name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Finnly has been recorded 82 times among boys since 2014, currently ranked #11586 nationally and more common than 17% of boys, 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 2014 to 2025.

  • #18,712 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #11,586 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 82 born since 2014
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Finnly ranks #18,712 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,586 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 82 born since 2014, peaking in the 2010s.

#18,712 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,586 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
82
born since 2014
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%16.8%
Finnly vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Finnly's 82 recorded births place it above 58.73% 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.

How Finnly compares

82 23rd percentile among 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

Finnly's all-time total is 78% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Finnly Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 82 369 358,536
Peak-year births 13 34 22,252

Finnly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Finnly's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2019, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Finnly popularity over time - boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2018)
13
Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
468101214 201420152016201720182019202020222025 6

Finnly popularity over time - girls

15 total births recorded since 2007 (Finnly as girls' name)

Unisex variant - 15 births
5 200720132015 5

Finnly by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (62 births, 76% of the file).

2010s was Finnly's strongest decade.

62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.

Finnly births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 62 births (76% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Finnly?
82 babies have been named Finnly since 2014. All-time, it sits at #18,712 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #11,586 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2018 with 13 births.
Where does Finnly sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Finnly ranks #18,712 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,586 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Finnly most popular?
Finnly was most popular in the 2010s decade with 62 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
Is Finnly a unisex name?
Yes, Finnly is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 82 births, and as a girl's name it has 15 births.
How long has the name Finnly been used?
Finnly has been recorded in Social Security data since 2014, spanning 12 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Finnly?
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.

What to do with Finnly's data

  • Finnly's decade-level peak was the 2010s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Finnly

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Finnly: 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, 2014–2025 (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 Finnly 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.