Finola — girls' name
178 babies named Finola in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Finola was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Finola in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Finola
The Social Security Administration has registered 178 babies named Finola between 1966 and 2022, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Finola currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Finola performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Finola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Finola 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 178 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.
Finola at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Finola popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1966
- Peak year (2007)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
178 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 20 births in a single year.
Finola by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 74 births that decade — 42% of Finola's all-time total
Finola decade highlights
- Peak decade 74 births
- Runner-up 67 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Finola's strongest decade
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1966–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.