At a glance
- In short
- Finn is a boy's name from the Irish Fionn, meaning fair or white, and the Old Norse Finnr.
- U.S. rank 2025
- #206 of boy names
- Babies in 2025
- 1,702 (0.093% of boys)
- Trend
- Slipping #179 in 2020 to #206 in 2025
- Peak
- #166 in 2018
- Top state
- #37 in Vermont
- First recorded
- 1918
Meaning of Finn
Finn has two separate origins. As an Irish name it comes from Fionn, meaning 'fair' or 'white'; as a Scandinavian name it comes from the Old Norse Finnr, which originally referred to a Sámi or Finnish person. It is pronounced like the word fin.
In Irish legend, Fionn mac Cumhaill, or Finn McCool, is the hero who led the warrior band known as the Fianna. The name is also familiar as the surname of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. Well-known bearers include actor Finn Wolfhard of Stranger Things and Danish furniture designer Finn Juhl.
Finn was a rarity in the U.S. as recently as 1990, when it ranked 8,117th. It then climbed sharply to a peak of 166th in 2018 and has slipped since, ranking 206th in 2025 with 1,702 boys given the name.
How to pronounce Finn
English
- Pronounced fin /fɪn/
Popularity of Finn in the U.S.
Finn was the #206 boy name in the U.S. in 2025, with 1,702 babies. It peaked at #166 in 2018 and has been in the top 1,000 since 2000. It first appears in the records in 1918.
- Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Year-by-year table, 1918–2025 68 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,702 | 206 | ▼ 8 |
| 2024 | 1,799 | 198 | ▼ 11 |
| 2023 | 1,921 | 187 | ▼ 10 |
| 2022 | 2,144 | 177 | ▲ 7 |
| 2021 | 2,092 | 184 | ▼ 5 |
| 2020 | 2,147 | 179 | ▼ 6 |
| 2019 | 2,243 | 173 | ▼ 7 |
| 2018 | 2,329 | 166 | ▲ 1 |
| 2017 | 2,382 | 167 | ▲ 8 |
| 2016 | 2,297 | 175 | ▲ 34 |
| 2015 | 1,906 | 209 | ▲ 25 |
| 2014 | 1,585 | 234 | ▲ 16 |
| 2013 | 1,456 | 250 | ▲ 41 |
| 2012 | 1,216 | 291 | ▲ 11 |
| 2011 | 1,090 | 302 | ▼ 2 |
| 2010 | 1,093 | 300 | ▲ 42 |
| 2009 | 920 | 342 | ▲ 24 |
| 2008 | 850 | 366 | ▲ 20 |
| 2007 | 783 | 386 | ▲ 71 |
| 2006 | 592 | 457 | ▲ 72 |
| 2005 | 458 | 529 | ▲ 40 |
| 2004 | 400 | 569 | ▲ 89 |
| 2003 | 300 | 658 | ▲ 148 |
| 2002 | 213 | 806 | ▼ 4 |
| 2001 | 209 | 802 | ▲ 33 |
| 2000 | 192 | 835 | ▲ 245 |
| 1999 | 124 | 1,080 | ▲ 208 |
| 1998 | 93 | 1,288 | ▲ 676 |
| 1997 | 46 | 1,964 | ▲ 83 |
| 1996 | 42 | 2,047 | ▲ 299 |
| 1995 | 33 | 2,346 | ▲ 869 |
| 1994 | 21 | 3,215 | ▲ 2,145 |
| 1993 | 10 | 5,360 | ▼ 1,756 |
| 1992 | 17 | 3,604 | ▲ 401 |
| 1991 | 14 | 4,005 | ▲ 4,112 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,117 | ▼ 1,176 |
| 1989 | 6 | 6,941 | ▲ 329 |
| 1988 | 5 | 7,270 | ▼ 2,302 |
| 1987 | 8 | 4,968 | ▼ 115 |
| 1986 | 8 | 4,853 | back (not recorded in 1985) |
| 1984 | 8 | 4,552 | ▼ 922 |
| 1983 | 11 | 3,630 | back (not recorded in 1982) |
| 1981 | 6 | 5,468 | ▼ 528 |
| 1980 | 7 | 4,940 | ▼ 537 |
| 1979 | 8 | 4,403 | back (not recorded in 1978) |
| 1977 | 8 | 4,164 | ▲ 1,423 |
| 1976 | 5 | 5,587 | back (not recorded in 1972–1975) |
| 1971 | 7 | 3,963 | ▲ 761 |
| 1970 | 5 | 4,724 | ▼ 1,410 |
| 1969 | 8 | 3,314 | ▼ 738 |
| 1968 | 11 | 2,576 | ▲ 983 |
| 1967 | 6 | 3,559 | ▼ 775 |
| 1966 | 9 | 2,784 | ▲ 1,146 |
| 1965 | 5 | 3,930 | ▼ 1,725 |
| 1964 | 14 | 2,205 | ▲ 653 |
| 1963 | 9 | 2,858 | ▲ 1,175 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,033 | ▼ 936 |
| 1961 | 8 | 3,097 | ▲ 240 |
| 1960 | 7 | 3,337 | ▲ 651 |
| 1959 | 5 | 3,988 | ▼ 429 |
| 1958 | 6 | 3,559 | back (not recorded in 1957) |
| 1956 | 5 | 3,942 | ▼ 978 |
| 1955 | 8 | 2,964 | back (not recorded in 1954) |
| 1953 | 6 | 3,425 | back (not recorded in 1938–1952) |
| 1937 | 6 | 3,175 | back (not recorded in 1929–1936) |
| 1928 | 5 | 4,151 | back (not recorded in 1920–1927) |
| 1919 | 5 | 4,168 | ▲ 11 |
| 1918 | 5 | 4,179 | new |
Finn by state
Finn ranks #37 in Vermont (2025).
Rank by state 48 states and DC
| State | Rank | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 37 | 10 |
| Maine | 66 | 17 |
| Wyoming | 89 | 5 |
| Rhode Island | 90 | 12 |
| New Hampshire | 94 | 16 |
| Utah | 98 | 52 |
| Alaska | 110 | 7 |
| Massachusetts | 112 | 64 |
| Hawaii | 126 | 8 |
| Montana | 127 | 10 |
| Oregon | 135 | 30 |
| North Dakota | 136 | 9 |
| Connecticut | 137 | 27 |
| Washington | 139 | 58 |
| District of Columbia | 139 | 6 |
| Minnesota | 156 | 42 |
| Iowa | 156 | 27 |
| Colorado | 158 | 45 |
| Pennsylvania | 161 | 80 |
| Illinois | 162 | 72 |
| Wisconsin | 165 | 38 |
| Idaho | 173 | 15 |
| Nebraska | 184 | 14 |
| Kansas | 196 | 20 |
| New York | 200 | 98 |
| Indiana | 206 | 40 |
| Alabama | 207 | 27 |
| Virginia | 210 | 42 |
| South Carolina | 212 | 26 |
| Michigan | 214 | 46 |
| Ohio | 219 | 60 |
| Louisiana | 221 | 23 |
| South Dakota | 221 | 6 |
| New Jersey | 224 | 42 |
| California | 232 | 160 |
| Maryland | 233 | 24 |
| West Virginia | 254 | 7 |
| Georgia | 258 | 48 |
| Tennessee | 259 | 34 |
| Florida | 260 | 80 |
| Arizona | 266 | 30 |
| Arkansas | 284 | 12 |
| Kentucky | 295 | 18 |
| Missouri | 302 | 22 |
| Nevada | 323 | 9 |
| North Carolina | 326 | 36 |
| Oklahoma | 351 | 13 |
| Mississippi | 370 | 8 |
| Texas | 372 | 99 |
Notable people named Finn
- Finn Michael Wolfhard is a Canadian actor, musician, and director best known for Stranger Things and for roles in It, It Chapter Two, Ghostbusters Afterlife, and Ghostbusters Frozen Empire.
- Finn Wittrock is an American actor and Juilliard alum known for his work with Ryan Murphy, early TV and film roles, a run on All My Children, and a 2012 Broadway debut as Happy Loman in Death of a Salesman.
- Finn Juhl was a Danish architect and designer who pioneered 1940s Danish modern furniture and brought it to America.
- Finn Jones is an English actor best known for playing Loras Tyrell on Game of Thrones and Danny Rand as Iron Fist in Marvel television series.
- Finn Erling Kydland is a Norwegian economist who shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Economics for work on dynamic macroeconomics and business cycles and is a professor at the University of California Santa Barbara and Carnegie Mellon University.
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- Finn Moe was a Norwegian journalist and Labour Party politician.
- Finn Delany is a New Zealand and Irish professional basketball player for Melbourne United in the NBL who played college basketball for the Southwest Baptist Bearcats.
- Finn Gustavsen was a Norwegian socialist politician active from 1945 into the late 1970s known for an uncompromising contrarian stance.
- Finn Helgesen was a Norwegian speed skater.
- Finn Maginness is an Australian rules footballer for Hawthorn and a third generation Hawk following his father and grandfather at the club.
- Finn Cole — Finlay Lewis J. Cole is an English actor known for Peaky Blinders, Animal Kingdom, and F9.
- Finn Iles is a Canadian downhill mountain bike racer who competes in Elite Downhill races on the Mountain Bike World Cup circuit.