unisex name

Findley

  • Gender Unisex
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 694

Scotland

#416

2003 births

Findley is a unisex name with 2 syllables. It is given to both girls and boys — about 18% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2025 it was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2015, when 38 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 301,477 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1941.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Findley over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'40 '50 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Findley by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 5
1950s 5
2000s 49
2010s 265
2020s (to 2025) 148

How popular is Findley?

In 2025, Findley was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Findley is used

Scotland #416 5 in 2003
Canada #2,353 8 in 2021
England & Wales #6,189 3 in 2021
United States #7,671 11 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Findley

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Findley also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Findley over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Findley

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Findley — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Findley

How popular is the name Findley?

In 2025, Findley was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Findley a girl's or a boy's name?

Findley is used for both girls and boys. About 18% of recorded births with this name are girls.

How many syllables are in Findley?

Findley has 2 syllables.

When was Findley most popular?

Findley peaked in 2015, when 38 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Findley a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Findley currently ranks #7,671 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.