Fynleigh
From the Old English name meaning "finch meadow" or "beautiful meadow".
Name Census estimates that about 84 living Americans carry the first name Fynleigh. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Fynleigh today is around 9 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Fynleigh births was 2017 (14 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Fynleigh. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Fynleigh. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
84
~ 1 in 4,080,409 Americans
Peak year
2017
14 babies that year
Average age
9
years old
2024 SSA rank
#16,034
Tracked since 2012
Popularity
Fynleigh: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Fynleigh from the 2010s through to the 2020s, spanning 2 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 68 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2010s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Fynleigh by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Fynleigh during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Fynleigh
The name Fynleigh is a relatively modern invention, possibly created as a variant spelling of the English name Finley or Finlay. It does not appear to have any direct origins in older languages or cultures.
Finley and Finlay are derived from the Gaelic name Fionnlagh, which means "fair warrior" or "white warrior." The name originated in Scotland and Ireland, where it was used as both a surname and a given name. Some of the earliest recorded instances of the name Finlay date back to the 16th century in Scottish records.
One of the earliest known individuals with the name Finlay was Finlay Mor, a Scottish clan chief who lived in the 13th century. He was the progenitor of the Clan Farquharson, a Highland Scottish clan.
Another notable Finlay was Finlay MacNab, a Scottish soldier and poet who lived from 1735 to 1801. He served in the British Army and wrote several poems in Gaelic.
In the 19th century, Finlay Anderson was a Scottish inventor who patented several improvements to the process of distilling whisky.
While the name Fynleigh itself does not have a long historical pedigree, it may have been inspired by the popularity of similar-sounding names like Finley and Kinley in recent decades.
Fynleigh is a relatively new variant spelling, and there do not appear to be any well-known historical figures who bore this particular form of the name.
People
Fynleigh + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Fynleigh as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with F
Other first names starting with F with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Fynleigh: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Fynleigh?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 84 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Fynleigh going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 4,080,409 US residents.
Is Fynleigh a common name?
We classify Fynleigh as "Very Rare". It ranks above 62% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 85 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Fynleigh most popular?
The single biggest year for Fynleigh was 2017, when 14 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Fynleigh is about 9 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Fynleigh in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Fynleigh a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Fynleigh in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Fynleigh still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Fynleigh in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Fynleigh can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only covers names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files do not have a published Census demographic snapshot. In those cases, the page still shows the SSA trend, gender history, and state data.
How many people share the name Fynleigh?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.