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Finn

An Irish name meaning “white” or “fair,” with a separate Norse origin.

Usage languagesDutch, Irish, Norwegian
US rank (2025)#206

Meaning and history

Finn has two established origins: in Irish tradition it is the Anglicized form of Fionn, meaning "white" or "fair," and the name of the legendary warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill, while in Scandinavia it can derive from Old Norse Finnr, referring to a Sámi person or someone from Finland. The spelling is also familiar from Mark Twain's character Huckleberry Finn. Modern bearers include actors Finn Wolfhard and Finn Jones.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 592 births, rank #457
2007: 783 births, rank #386
2008: 850 births, rank #366
2009: 920 births, rank #342
2010: 1,093 births, rank #300
20112011: 1,090 births, rank #302
2012: 1,216 births, rank #291
2013: 1,456 births, rank #250
2014: 1,585 births, rank #234
2015: 1,906 births, rank #209
20162016: 2,297 births, rank #175
2017: 2,382 births, rank #167
2018: 2,329 births, rank #166
2019: 2,243 births, rank #173
2020: 2,147 births, rank #179
20212021: 2,092 births, rank #184
2022: 2,144 births, rank #177
2023: 1,921 births, rank #187
2024: 1,799 births, rank #198
20252025: 1,702 births, rank #206

Finn moved from #198 to #206 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2017, with 2,382 births.