Finn

Boy name

Finn has been given to 35,380 babies in the U.S. since 1918. It peaked in 2017 and currently ranks #206 for boys (2025).

Meaning & origin /ˈfɪn/

From Old English Finnas (“the Sami”) (plural), from Old Norse finnr (“a hunter-gatherer”), from Proto-Germanic *finnaz (which see for more). Possibly originally meaning a ‘finder’ of food, referring to nomadic hunter-gatherers, particularly the Sami.

Origin: Old Norse

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

35,380

Peak year

2017 (2,417 babies)

Rank in 2025

#206 for boys

First recorded

1918

10-year trend

▼ -11%

Gender split

1% girls / 99% boys

Famous people named Finn

Finn Wolfhard

Canadian actor and musician (born 2002)

Finn E. Kydland

Norwegian economist

Finn Wittrock

American actor

Finn Jones

British actor

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

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