Finley
Finley is a well-established choice, ranked #18 in 2025. With 1,733 babies named Finley in 2025, meeting another Finley at school is a real possibility.
About the Name Finley
Finley has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 476 places in five years. It was most popular in 2023 at #20 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996. It briefly reached the UK top 100, though it typically sits a little further down the charts.
Finley is one of the most popular names in the UK — yet a class of 28 is small enough that your child will very likely be the only Finley on the register.
In the US it ranks even higher at #365, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
⭐ Famous People Named Finley
- Finley Melville Ives — Finley Melville Ives is a New Zealand freestyle skier.
- Moses Finley — Sir Moses Israel Finley was an American-born British academic and classical scholar.
- Mark Finley — Mark A.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Finley
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Finley
Almost certainly the only Finley in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
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