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“Fair or white warrior” — Scottish Gaelic origin
Girl's name · #415 in the US (2025) · 2010s
Finley reached #159 in 2017 and has eased to #415 since. About 23,000 girls have carried it since 1989. In Montana it runs about 6× its national rate and ranks #42. Finley is split almost evenly between girls and boys among recent newborns. Together with its spelling variants Finnley (#1513) and Finlee (#3080), Finley would rank around #324 with about 950 births last year — the newborns split about 79/15/6 across Finley, Finnley, and Finlee.
Around the world: about 1 in 2,500 girls in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 46 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 36 notable people named Finley:
Similar names: Finnley · Brynlee · Fiona · Kynlee · Paislee · Kennedi
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