girls:
196 births since 2004
#5520 (3rd percentile)
boys:
996 births since 1918
#3596 (22nd percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1918
#6548 (15th percentile)
The name Finlay is the #6,548 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,192 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 15.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,596 (21.5% percentile) for all time with 996 births since 1918. For girls, it ranks #5,520 (3.4% percentile) for all time with 196 births since 2004.
Finlay first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (1918 for boys and 2004 for girls). Birth data for Finlay is available in 27 out of the 106 years between 1918 and 2023 (27 years for boys and 20 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 Finlay has been given predominantly to boys, with 83.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 90.7% of babies named Finlay were boys.
For boys, Finlay reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 6.5% percentile (ranked #846) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 31 births per million (ranked 6.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Finlay ranks #867 for boys (4.8% percentile) with 27 births per million, which is 85.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Finlay reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #935) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Finlay ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 28.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Finlay".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Finlay. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.4% confident that Finlay is pronounced as FIHN-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FIHN-lay, at 47.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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