Fun Facts About the Name Finlee
- More than 1 thousand babies named Finlee: U.S. records list 1,403 babies given the name Finlee from 1880 through 2025. Even 329 boys received the name Finlee - about 1 boy for every 3 girls.
What Does the Name Finlee Mean?
Finlee is a modern spelling of Finley, a name of Gaelic origin. It goes back to the Scottish Gaelic personal name Fionnlagh (also written Fionnlaigh), formed from fionn, meaning "fair" or "white," plus a second element traditionally understood as "warrior." The Irish form Fionnlaoch carries the same sense, since Irish laoch means "warrior." On that reading the name means "fair warrior."
The second element is not entirely settled. Scottish Gaelic laogh literally means "calf," and a small number of explanations have followed that literal sense, while the usual interpretation in personal names is "warrior" or "hero." The first element, fionn, is consistently given as "fair" or "white."
Finlee Name History & Origins
Finley began as a Scottish surname, an anglicized form of the Gaelic personal name Fionnlagh. The spellings Finlay and Findlay developed alongside it, and the same personal name was used in both Scotland and Ireland. From Scotland the surname spread into England and later into North America and other English-speaking countries.
Use of Finley and its variants as a first name grew out of that surname tradition. In Scotland, Finlay has long been used as a male given name, while in the United States and elsewhere Finley has been given to both boys and girls. The spelling Finlee belongs to a later pattern of respelling such names with a -lee ending, a form that generally reads as more feminine than the original -ley.
How Popular is the Name Finlee?
Finlee has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2018. Its best rank was #2,030 in 2018.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,080 | 53 | 0.0033% |
| 2024 | #3,404 | 46 | 0.0029% |
| 2023 | #2,987 | 56 | 0.0035% |
| 2022 | #2,514 | 71 | 0.0043% |
| 2021 | #2,352 | 77 | 0.0047% |
| 2020 | #2,355 | 75 | 0.0046% |
| 2019 | #2,178 | 85 | 0.0051% |
| 2018 | #2,030 | 96 | 0.0056% |
| 2017 | #2,100 | 92 | 0.0053% |
| 2016 | #2,395 | 78 | 0.0044% |
| 2015 | #2,566 | 70 | 0.0039% |
| 2014 | #2,942 | 58 | 0.0032% |
| 2013 | #3,092 | 53 | 0.0030% |
| 2012 | #3,803 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 2011 | #4,093 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2010 | #5,155 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2009 | #5,961 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2008 | #6,891 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2007 | #11,949 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #11,763 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,295 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2024 | #4,738 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2023 | #3,738 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 2022 | #3,487 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2021 | #3,138 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 2020 | #4,597 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2019 | #2,671 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2018 | #3,320 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2017 | #3,537 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2016 | #5,384 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2015 | #6,801 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #7,736 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #7,702 | 10 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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