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
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,195since 1880
Finis over time
Rank among boys' names. Finis has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,534 | 14 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,682 | 11 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,322 | 13 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,535 | 11 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,974 | 17 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,945 | 17 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,302 | 12 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,044 | 15 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,427 | 28 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,347 | 31 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,519 | 24 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,746 | 18 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,487 | 24 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,449 | 26 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,557 | 21 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,406 | 22 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,085 | 37 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,280 | 29 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,268 | 30 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,129 | 34 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,183 | 32 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,425 | 22 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,364 | 24 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,074 | 36 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,028 | 38 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,040 | 38 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,357 | 25 | |
| 1933 | — | #869 | 51 | |
| 1932 | — | #937 | 48 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,078 | 39 | |
| 1930 | — | #976 | 48 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,055 | 42 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,003 | 47 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,012 | 48 | |
| 1926 | — | #931 | 53 | |
| 1925 | — | #998 | 47 | |
| 1924 | — | #925 | 57 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,008 | 48 | |
| 1922 | — | #801 | 70 | |
| 1921 | — | #890 | 61 | |
| 1920 | — | #923 | 56 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,034 | 43 | |
| 1918 | — | #882 | 57 | |
| 1917 | — | #934 | 47 | |
| 1916 | — | #964 | 44 | |
| 1915 | — | #980 | 41 | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #1,003 | 31 |
| 1913 | — | #914 | 29 | |
| 1912 | — | #700 | 37 | |
| 1911 | — | #982 | 12 | |
| 1910 | — | #782 | 15 | |
| 1909 | — | #840 | 12 | |
| 1908 | — | #685 | 15 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #798 | 10 | |
| 1905 | — | #786 | 10 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | #596 | 12 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | #681 | 10 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | #544 | 11 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | #431 | 16 | |
| 1880 | — | #640 | 9 | |
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 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Tennessee#244 · 1 in 2,060
- Kentucky#323 · 1 in 2,925
- Missouri#344 · 1 in 4,193
- Oklahoma#346 · 1 in 3,282
- Arkansas#420 · 1 in 3,575
Best ever in a state: #184 in Tennessee, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #244 | 12 | 1 in 2,060 |
| Kentucky | #323 | 9 | 1 in 2,925 |
| Missouri | #344 | 7 | 1 in 4,193 |
| Oklahoma | #346 | 7 | 1 in 3,282 |
| Arkansas | #420 | 5 | 1 in 3,575 |
| Texas | #501 | 12 | 1 in 4,361 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Georgia | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Finis
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #431 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1880–1890
- 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%)
- 24.1% of all boys named Finis (529) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 98 | #431 (1881) | #640 |
| 1890s | 68 | #629 (1890) | #777 |
| 1900s | 96 | #596 (1901) | #864 |
| 1910s | 356 | #700 (1912) | #918 |
| 1920s | 529 | #801 (1922) | #955 |
| 1930s | 369 | #869 (1933) | #1,115 |
| 1940s | 270 | #1,085 (1944) | #1,379 |
| 1950s | 187 | #1,347 (1952) | #1,903 |
| 1960s | 95 | #2,322 (1961) | #2,847 |
| 1970s | 68 | #2,534 (1972) | #4,127 |
| 1980s | 33 | #4,495 (1980) | #5,758 |
| 1990s | 21 | #7,770 (1994) | #8,597 |
| 2000s | 5 | #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 1921
Top boys' names in 1921
More about 1921
boys
1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 18,057 of them was named Finis, which outranked 82.1% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).