Finn

What Finn means

Means “the Sami”

From Old English Finnas (“the Sami”) (plural), from Old Norse finnr (“a hunter-gatherer”), from Proto-Germanic *finnaz (which see for more).

Source: Wiktionary, “Finn” (revision 93787311), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Finn?

US: Steady: #209 in 2015, #206 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #126 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2017, when 2,382 boys got the name (#167 that year). First in the US records in 1918.

How common

• About 1 in 1,004 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 385 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 124 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in VT (8.25 per 1,000 boys), WY (4.59 per 1,000 boys), ME (4.42 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Finn is #206 in the US and #74 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.1% of US babies named Finn were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Fynn65 US · 19 E&W
• Fenn10 US · 17 E&W
• Vann24 US
• Vonn14 US
• Fin11 US · 3 E&W
• Vin7 US
• Fen0 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Finn

Boys

• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Declan#139Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #139 vs #372 in 2025
• Kian#400Editor’s note Up from #489 in 2015 to #400 in 2025 in the US
• Soren#464Editor’s note Up from #574 in 2015 to #464 in 2025 in the US
• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*
• Lochlan#644Editor’s note Up from #841 in 2015 to #644 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Mia#6Editor’s note Steady in the US: #6 in 2015 and #6 in 2025. About 1 in 150 US girls in the 2025 records
• Kenna#759“descendant of Cionaodh”^*
• Alaina#224Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*
• Alayna#332Editor’s note Down from #223 in 2015 to #332 in 2025 in the US
• Rowan#249“little red one”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Irish & Celtic, Scandinavian & Norse, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Finn’s. Rank is US 2025.