Finis

Last seen for girls in 1914 at #3,618 · Last seen for boys in 2009 at #12,491
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1881 · 16 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,195
since 1880

Finis over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Finis has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #431, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
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2018——
2017——
2016——
2015——
2014——
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2012——
2011——
2010——
2009—#12,4915
2008——
2007——
2006——
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2000——
1999——
1998—#9,6315
1997——
1996——
1995—#8,8685
1994—#7,7706
1993——
1992——
1991——
1990—#8,1175
1989—#6,9416
1988—#6,4266
1987——
1986—#5,9266
1985——
1984——
1983——
1982—#5,0037
1981——
1980—#4,4958
1979—#6,0565
1978—#3,8579
1977—#5,8455
1976——
1975——
1974—#4,6346
1973—#2,71613
1972—#2,53414
1971—#3,14610
1970—#4,2306
1969—#2,68211
1968—#2,9079
1967—#2,9858
1966—#3,9485
1965—#3,2447
1964—#2,66510
1963—#2,67310
1962—#2,50411
1961—#2,32213
1960—#2,53511
1959—#1,97417
1958—#2,09315
1957—#2,63110
1956—#1,94517
1955—#2,30212
1954—#2,04415
1953—#1,42728
1952—#1,34731
1951—#1,51924
1950—#1,74618
1949—#1,94115
1948—#1,48724
1947—#1,44926
1946—#1,55721
1945—#1,40622
1944—#1,08537
1943—#1,28029
1942—#1,26830
1941—#1,12934
1940—#1,18332
1939—#1,42522
1938—#1,36424
1937—#1,07436
1936—#1,02838
1935—#1,04038
1934—#1,35725
1933—#86951
1932—#93748
1931—#1,07839
1930—#97648
1929—#1,05542
1928—#1,00347
1927—#1,01248
1926—#93153
1925—#99847
1924—#92557
1923—#1,00848
1922—#80170
1921—#89061
1920—#92356
1919—#1,03443
1918—#88257
1917—#93447
1916—#96444
1915—#98041
1914#3,6185#1,00331
1913—#91429
1912—#70037
1911—#98212
1910—#78215
1909—#84012
1908—#68515
1907—#81511
1906—#79810
1905—#78610
1904—#8109
1903—#1,1305
1902—#1,0136
1901—#59612
1900—#1,1626
1899—#9286
1898—#1,0026
1897—#68110
1896—#8268
1895—#68510
1894—#63111
1893—#8367
1892——
1891——
1890—#62910
1889—#49814
1888—#8157
1887—#54411
1886—#7587
1885—#6419
1884—#7018
1883—#7996
1882—#57611
1881—#43116
1880—#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Finis was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1891–1892, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Finis is popular in 1882

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
  • Biggest jump: 566 spots in 1901 (#1,162 → #596)
  • Biggest drop: 488 spots in 1934 (#869 → #1,357)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #431 (16 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 41 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1880–1890
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,296
  • Highest: 1 in 6,296 boys born in 1881 were named Finis (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 396,715 boys born in 2009 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 24.1% of all boys named Finis (529) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s98#431 (1881)#640
1890s68#629 (1890)#777
1900s96#596 (1901)#864
1910s356#700 (1912)#918
1920s529#801 (1922)#955
1930s369#869 (1933)#1,115
1940s270#1,085 (1944)#1,379
1950s187#1,347 (1952)#1,903
1960s95#2,322 (1961)#2,847
1970s68#2,534 (1972)#4,127
1980s33#4,495 (1980)#5,758
1990s21#7,770 (1994)#8,597
2000s5#12,491 (2009)#12,491

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Finis in 1882

boys
#576
11 births · 1 in 10,335 boys

Top boys' names in 1882

  1. #1John9,557
  2. #2William9,298
  3. #3James5,892
  4. #4George5,193
  5. #5Charles5,091
  6. #6Frank3,176
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Thomas2,610
  9. #9Henry2,579
  10. #10Robert2,500
  11. #576Finis11
More about 1882

boys

113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 10,335 of them was named Finis, which outranked 47.6% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Finis
  1. #540Theo12
  2. #540Watt12
  3. #540Wyatt12
  4. #576Finis11
  5. #576Albin11
  6. #576Aloysius11
  7. #576Benton11
  8. #611Abel10
  9. #611Alma10
  10. #611Alonza10

Tied with 34 names at #576; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. ↑ 467Clarance#866 → #399
  2. ↑ 429Webster#866 → #437
  3. ↑ 365Neil#781 → #416
  4. ↑ 352Cliff#866 → #514
  5. ↑ 352Elmore#866 → #514
Fallers
  1. ↓ 501Verne#442 → #943
  2. ↓ 483Newell#460 → #943
  3. ↓ 456Merritt#487 → #943
  4. ↓ 440Solon#503 → #943
  5. ↓ 395Almon#442 → #837

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1882 →