girls:
119 births since 2006
#5597 (2nd percentile)
boys:
321 births since 1941
#4265 (7th percentile)
overall:
440 births since 1941
#7299 (6th percentile)
The name Findley is the #7,299 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 440 recorded births since 1941. This represents the 5.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,265 (6.9% percentile) for all time with 321 births since 1941. For girls, it ranks #5,597 (2.0% percentile) for all time with 119 births since 2006.
Findley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1941 (1941 for boys and 2006 for girls). Birth data for Findley is available in 21 out of the 83 years between 1941 and 2023 (20 years for boys and 15 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 Findley has been given predominantly to boys, with 73.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 78.8% of babies named Findley were boys.
For boys, Findley reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #881) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Findley is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #890 (2.3% percentile) with 14 births per million.
For girls, Findley reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #952) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Findley ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 65.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Findley".
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Our model is 64.3% confident that Findley is pronounced as FIHND-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FAIND-lee, at 35.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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