girls:
38 births since 2013
#5678 (1st percentile)
boys:
270 births since 2003
#4316 (6th percentile)
overall:
308 births since 2003
#7431 (4th percentile)
The name Findlay is the #7,431 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 308 recorded births since 2003. This represents the 4.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,316 (5.8% percentile) for all time with 270 births since 2003. For girls, it ranks #5,678 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 38 births since 2013.
Findlay first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2003 (2003 for boys and 2013 for girls). Birth data for Findlay is available in 20 out of the 21 years between 2003 and 2023 (20 years for boys and 6 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Findlay has been given predominantly to boys, with 87.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 64.7% of babies named Findlay were boys.
For boys, Findlay reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #901) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Findlay ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 48.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Findlay reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #953) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Findlay ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 73.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Findlay".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Findlay. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.1% confident that Findlay is pronounced as FIHND-lay, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FIHND-lee, at 28.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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