Finn
Top 1000
About Finn
Finn is a name with enormous energy and charm, that of the greatest hero of Irish mythology, Finn MacCool (aka Fionn mac Cuumhaill), an intrepid warrior with mystical supernatural powers, noted as well for his wisdom and generosity. Additionally, it has its roots in Old Norse, used to refer to someone from Finland.
Sleek and simple, Finn is a popular choice in Australia, Austria, England and Wales, Ireland, The Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the US.
Notable bearers include Finn Wolfhard, the star of Stranger Things and Finn Cole of Peaky Blinders.
Other up-and-comers in the same family: Finlay and Finley, Finian and Finnian, Finnegan and Finnigan, and, from Germany, Fynn. And then there are the Ph versions such as Phineas.
Pronounced FIN.
As of October 2026, Finn ranked #206 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #166 in 2018, Nameberry popularity #22.
Editor's take: The name Finn is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "fair, white; from Finland".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #234 | 1,585 | 825.1 |
| 2015 | #209 | 1,906 | 994.4 |
| 2016 | #175 | 2,297 | 1,210.4 |
| 2017 | #167 | 2,381 | 1,286.4 |
| 2018 | #166 | 2,329 | 1,282.4 |
| 2019 | #173 | 2,242 | 1,249.6 |
| 2020 | #179 | 2,147 | 1,243.9 |
| 2021 | #184 | 2,092 | 1,195.8 |
| 2022 | #177 | 2,142 | 1,226.8 |
| 2023 | #186 | 1,921 | 1,123 |
| 2024 | #198 | 1,791 | 1,039.5 |
| 2025 | #206 | 1,702 | 996.4 |
World rankings
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Finn on lists
Famous Finns
- Finn mac Blatha
5th century BC king of Ireland
- Terence "Finn" Jones
English actor
- Finn Erling Kydland
Norwegian economist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- Finn Balor
ring name of Fergal Devitt, Irish pro wrestler
- Finn Ronne
Norwegian,American Arctic explorer
- Finn Cole
English actor
- Finn Michael Westby Caspersen
American financier and philanthropist
- Finnegan Frayn "Finn" Harries
English vlogger as part of "jacksgap"
- Finn Michael Wolfhard
Canadian actor
- Finn Kerwin (b. 1992)
son of Brian Kerwin & Jeanne Marie Troy
- Finn Constantine (b. 1997)
son of model Saffron Aldridge and Toby Constantine
- Finn Henry Snyder (b. 1997)
son of actress Terry Finn and David L. Snyder
- Finn Arthur Ebenezer Dundas (b. 2000)
son of singer Lord David Dundas
- Finn William Leeves Coben (b. 2003)
son of actress Jane Leeves
- Finn Scott (b. 2004)
son of actor Tom Everett Scott
- Phinnaeus Walter 'Finn' Moder (b. 2004)
twin son of actress Julia Roberts and Daniel Moder, twin brother of Hazel Patricia Moder
- Finn Burns (b. 2006)
son of actor Ed Burns and model Christy Turlington
- Finneus James "Finn" Warren (b. 2011)
son of actress Autumn Reeser and Jesse Warren
- Finn Lindqvist Wilson (born 2014)
son of actor Owen Wilson
- Finley Jay "Finn" Lanning (b. 2015)
son of family vloggers Bryan & Missy Lanning
- Finn Odin Hoflin (b. 2016)
son of actors Natalie Blair and David Hoflin
- Finn Arthur Higgins (b. 2016)
son of Miss USA 2004 Shandi Finnessey
- Ernest "Finn" Zhang Halvorsen (b. 2016)
son of reality television stars Ernie and Cindy Halvorsen
- Finn Paul Davidson (b. 2018)
son of Scottish politician Ruth Davidson
Finn in pop culture
- Finn Abernathy
intern on TV's "Bones"
- Finn McCool aka Fionn Mac Cumhaill
hero of Irish mythology
- Finn (FN
2187), a character in the Star Wars series
- Finn Taverner
main character in Eva Ibbotson's book "Journey to the River Sea"
- Finneas "Finn
" character in Kresley Cole's "The Arcana Chronicles"
- Finn Mikaelson
character in TV series "The Vampire Diaries" and "The Originals"
- Finnegan "Finn" Lane
character in Jennifer Estep's Elemental Assasin series
- Finn the Human
main character in animated series "Adventure Time"
- Finn Hudson
character on TV's "Glee"
- Finn Sharkey
character on British soap "Waterloo Road"
- Finn Whitman
main character in Ridley Pearson's Kingdom Keepers series
- Finn Macauley
character in the video game "Resident Evil 6"
- Finn
minor character on TV's "The Sopranos"
- Finn Dandridge
character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
- Finn
main character in "Incarceron" by Catherine Fisher
- Finn
character in video game "Harvest Moon: Animal Parade"
- Finn Collins
character on TV's "The 100"
- "Finn
" comic strip by Pat Mills
- Finn Fish
character in anime/manga Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
- Finn
rat character in the The Deptford Mice series by Robin Jarvis
- Finn
character in animated series "Jackie Chan Adventures"
- Finn
character in animated series "Storm Hawks"
- Finn
wizard in Mikhail Glinka's opera "Ruslan and Lyudmila"
- Finn
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish mascot
- Finn
character on South Korean animated series "Tai Chi Chasers"
- Finn
character in "What I Was" by Meg Rosoff
- Finn
character on British TV series "Misfits"
- Michael "Finn" O'Leary
character in video game "Call of Duty: Black Ops II"
- Finn Bell
character in 1998 film "Great Expectations"
- Findlay "Finn" Nelson
character on British TV series "My Mad Fat Diary"
- Finn
character in TV show "Gilmore Girls"
- Finn Holmes
character from the "Trylle trilogy"
- Huckleberry Finn
character in various Mark Twain novels
- Hamilton Finn
character on soap opera General Hospital
- Riley Finn
character in TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"