Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys
Origin: IrishFinn is a masculine given name. The name has several origins. In some cases it is derived from the Old Norse personal name and byname Finnr, meaning "Sámi" or "Finn". In some cases the Old Norse name was a short form of other names composed with this element.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Finn yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Finn McCool, Huckleberry Finn, Finn from Adventure Time — the name has this spirit of adventure to it that I wanted for my kid. He's nine now. He is, genuinely, an adventure.
— Patrick, Dublin (moved to Austin TX), 2015
Short, punchy, impossible to nickname further. With our last name being four syllables, we needed something we could yell across a park quickly.
— Sarah, Seattle WA, 2019
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 5 | #4,387 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,392 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,360 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,277 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,551 |
| 1955 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 1956 | 5 | #4,129 |
| 1958 | 5 | #4,145 |
| 1959 | 5 | #4,193 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,185 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,921 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,246 |
| 1965 | 5 | #4,094 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,849 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,689 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,630 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,408 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,959 |
| 1971 | 7 | #4,114 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,890 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,307 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,182 |
| 1980 | 7 | #5,118 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,741 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,701 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,689 |
| 1986 | 8 | #5,017 |
| 1987 | 8 | #5,116 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,655 |
| 1989 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,553 |
| 1991 | 14 | #4,077 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,656 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,483 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,258 |
| 1995 | 33 | #2,369 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,053 |
| 1997 | 46 | #1,972 |
| 1998 | 93 | #1,289 |
| 1999 | 124 | #1,080 |
| 2000 | 192 | #836 |
| 2001 | 209 | #802 |
| 2002 | 213 | #806 |
| 2003 | 300 | #659 |
| 2004 | 400 | #569 |
| 2005 | 458 | #529 |
| 2006 | 592 | #457 |
| 2007 | 783 | #387 |
| 2008 | 849 | #366 |
| 2009 | 920 | #342 |
| 2010 | 1,093 | #300 |
| 2011 | 1,090 | #303 |
| 2012 | 1,216 | #291 |
| 2013 | 1,456 | #250 |
| 2014 | 1,585 | #234 |
| 2015 | 1,906 | #209 |
| 2016 | 2,297 | #175 |
| 2017 | 2,381 | #167 |
| 2018 | 2,329 | #166 |
| 2019 | 2,242 | #173 |
| 2020 | 2,147 | #179 |
| 2021 | 2,092 | #184 |
| 2022 | 2,142 | #177 |
| 2023 | 1,921 | #186 |
| 2024 | 1,791 | #198 |
