Girls' name · since 1966
Finola
Since 1966, U.S. Social Security records show 178 babies named Finola, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,012 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 178
- born since 1966
- 2010s
- peak decade
Finola is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 178 have been recorded since 1966.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Finola has been recorded 178 times among girls since 1966, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1966 to 2022.
- #21,012 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 178 born since 1966
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Finola ranks #21,012 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 178 born since 1966, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,012 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 178
- born since 1966
- 2010s
- peak decade
Finola's 178 recorded births place it above 70.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Finola's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Finola's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1966, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Finola popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2022
- Peak year (2007)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Finola by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (74 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Finola's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Finola births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
67 births
- 2010s
2010s
74 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 74 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Finola's decade-level peak was the 2010s (74 total births); usage has since declined to 21 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.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Finola: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1966–2022 (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 Finola 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.