Findlay

maleStatistical record

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

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

Findlay: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #209, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#209highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1337
1997	#1454
1998	#1000
1999	#869
2000	#624
2001	#910
2002	#710
2003	#531
2004	#637
2005	#512
2006	#596
2007	#526
2008	#775
2009	#1008
2010	#811
2011	#999
2012	#977
2013	#976
2014	#1144
2015	#1121
2016	#994
2017	#1339
2018	#1786
2019	#1655
2020	#1825
2021	#1782
2022	#1692
2023	#3112
2024	#1758

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 · Boys

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

In 2024: #209 among boys in Scotland, #1758 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1337 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1758 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Findlay 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 Findlay in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	49	4 of 10	12
2000sbusiest	380	10 of 10	38
2010s	243	10 of 10	24
2020s	59	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 38 births a year.

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

Findlay 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #209 in Scotland in 2024.

Findlay'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	male	#1758	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1782	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1339	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#994	29	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1121	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1144	23	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#976	29	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#977	29	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#999	27	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#811	36	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1008	26	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#775	37	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#526	60	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#596	48	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#512	53	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#637	38	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#531	44	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#710	27	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#910	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#624	29	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#869	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1000	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1337	9	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#209	20	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #209, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 60 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, 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.

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The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Finlay · #11, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Deanna · #207, 32y
Elian · #207, 25y
Darin · #206, 26y
Jak · #212, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Cadan · #209, 28y
Nia · #209, 30y
Raina · #209, 26y
Christy · #210, 31y

Findlay was ranked #209 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Findlay 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 Findlay without appearing here.

Findlay moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #5119.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #4270.
Keith Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #3688.
Johannes Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1758 and #3254.

Moved ahead of Findlay

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1461.
Gustav Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #2325.
Marius Compare
In 2016 they stood at #994 and #1319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1339 and #888.

Moved the opposite way to Findlay

Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Findlay went from #869 to #1758 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Findlay went from #869 to #1758 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Findlay went from #869 to #1758 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.
Rune Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Findlay went from #869 to #1758 while Rune went from #2943 to #1460.

Moved the same way as Findlay

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Findlay went from #1337 to #3112 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Findlay went from #1337 to #3112 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Findlay went from #1337 to #3112 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.
Kelly Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Findlay went from #1454 to #3112 and Kelly from #1454 to #3523.

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #209 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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