Finley

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Finley: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Finley: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #16 in 2020, and it stood at #159 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
98times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#16highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for
1name it appears alongside

What stands out in Finley's record

England and Wales registered 2,613 births with the name in 2020, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 23 years. Names by sustained share

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174
1998	#1392
1999	#1261
2000	#1250
2001	#1728
2002	#998
2003	#1129
2004	#2112
2005	#2438
2006	#1862
2007	#1965
2008	#3860
2009	#4564
2010	#4688
2011	#3549
2012	#4838
2014	#2862
2015	#5730
2016	#5785
2017	#3583
2018	#2674
2019	#5591
2020	#2843
2021	#2942
2022	#3533
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #18 among boys in England and Wales, #89 among boys in Northern Ireland, #120 among boys in Scotland, #162 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #704 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #16 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #159 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Finley appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 42,410 births with the name.

Finley across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Finley's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#704 (1996)	#16 (2020)	#18 (2024)	29 of 29	42,410 (1996–2024)	2,613 (2020)
England and Wales · Girls	#3174 (1997)	#998 (2002)	#3318 (2024)	26 of 28	224 (1997–2024)	22 (2002)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#277 (1999)	#89 (2024)	#89 (2024)	20 of 26	252 (1999–2024)	27 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#518 (2005)	#136 (2020)	#159 (2025)	20 of 21	327 (2005–2025)	44 (2020)

Finley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Finley in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	565	4 of 10	141
2000s	10,531	10 of 10	1,053
2010s	20,663	10 of 10	2,066
2020sbusiest	10,651	5 of 10	2,130

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 2,130 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2019 and 2020, when recorded births rose by 771, from 1,842 to 2,613.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Finley appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #16 in England and Wales in 2020.

Finley's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#18	1,886	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#20	1,844	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#21	2,025	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#19	2,283	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#16	2,613	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#27	1,842	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#30	1,926	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#31	1,944	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#35	2,022	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#36	1,978	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#36	2,115	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#34	2,154	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#34	2,248	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#34	2,245	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#35	2,189	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#43	1,905	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#43	1,808	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1965	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#46	1,643	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#60	1,242	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#64	1,049	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#71	899	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1129	20	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#83	710	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#998	22	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#91	550	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#117	374	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1250	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#123	351	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1261	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#128	320	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1392	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#182	184	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#484	39	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#704	22	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	male	#81	58	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#89	26	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#108	23	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#125	20	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#120	22	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#100	27	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#127	20	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#161	15	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#132	20	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#253	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#187	12	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#213	10	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#244	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#204	10	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#261	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#262	6	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#291	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#247	5	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	32	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#162	31	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	27	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#164	34	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#178	30	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#136	44	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#244	19	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	13	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	10	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#353	11	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#428	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#352	11	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#346	11	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#120	41	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #16, first reached in 2020.

It held a top-100 place in 23 years, 23 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 2,613 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Finley-James · #1635, 14y
Finn · #6, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Shania · #16, 30y
Brittany · #14, 32y
Ollie · #18, 30y
Bethany · #11, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Brodie · #16, 32y
Scarlett · #16, 30y
Shania · #16, 30y
Birk · #18, 35y

Comparisons involving Finley

Existing comparison pages where Finley and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Finley in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Noah vs Finley
Both reached their highest recorded position in England and Wales · Boys within 2 years — Noah #1 in 2021, Finley #16 in 2020.
Noah · Finley · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2021 England and Wales ranking

Finley was ranked #16 in England and Wales · Boys in 2020. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Finley and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Finley without appearing here.

Finley moved ahead of

Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3549 and #3549 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #5666.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.
Geraldine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.
Kristin Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Finley

Eabha Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2862 and #3514 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2070.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2862 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.
Dylan Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1965 and #2085 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3860 and #1516.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #1286.

Moved the opposite way to Finley

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Finley went from #704 to #18 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Finley went from #704 to #18 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Finley went from #704 to #18 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Finley went from #704 to #18 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Finley

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Finley went from #704 to #18 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Finley went from #704 to #18 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Finley went from #704 to #18 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Finley went from #704 to #18 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #16 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Finley

Finley at a glance

What stands out in Finley's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Finley across 4 official records

Finley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Finley appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Finley

Longest shared records

Names published alongside Finley

Finley and the names beside it

Finley moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Finley

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Moved the same way as Finley

Finley at a glance

What stands out in Finley's record

Finley across 4 official records

Finley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Finley appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Finley

Longest shared records

Names published alongside Finley

Finley and the names beside it

Finley moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Finley

Moved the opposite way to Finley

Moved the same way as Finley