Finnley
Pronounced F IH1 N L EY1 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2022
- 26 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Finnley?
Finnley is a boys' name, and first appears in 1999. It has been given to 7,684 children — the 1,491st most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about four times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2022, when 470 children were given it.
Finnlay is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Finnley and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Finnlay
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- F IH1 N L EY1
- Stress pattern:
- 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Finnley
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Finnley
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Finnley?
- Finnley ranks 1,491st among boys' names in US records, with 7,684 births since 1999. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,253.
- Is Finnley a unisex name?
- No. Finnley is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Finnley most popular?
- 2022, when 470 children were given the name. It has been in use for 26 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Finnley spelled?
- Finnlay. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.