Declining since 2016, #9,457 for girls today.
Popularity of Finnleigh since 2011
Babies named Finnleigh per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2010s | 142 |
| 2020s | 108 |
Meaning & origin
Finnleigh first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2011, a modern invention in the wave of -leigh suffixed names. It reached its peak rank of 9,457 in 2017, with approximately 1 in 160,727 girls receiving the name that year. Since 2016, its trajectory has been falling, reflecting broader shifts away from the -leigh trend. The name shows no strong state concentration, with top states not available. Finnleigh exemplifies the adaptive, sound-driven creativity of 21st-century American naming, borrowing the Irish root Finn and the Old English meadow suffix -leigh to create a distinctly modern feminine name.
Finnleigh is a recent coinage, first recorded in U.S. data in 2011. It follows the pattern of combining a short, appealing root (such as the Irish name Finn, meaning 'fair' or 'white') with the popular suffix -leigh (a variant of -ley, from Old English leah 'clearing, meadow'). This construction mirrors similar invented names like Finley and Kinleigh. The name has no historical usage before the 21st century.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Finn, Leigh
Sibling names for Finnleigh
Names that share Finnleigh's style, for a brother or sister.
