Is Finis a boy or girl name?

Finis is a boy’s name. Of the 2,200 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.2% were girls and 99.8% were boys.

Finis

Recorded 1880–2009 · United States

Finis was most popular in 1922, when 70 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,633 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,200 people named Finis.

Finis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Finis’s peak in 1922. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Finis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Finis is a boy’s name — 0.2% of the 2,200 Americans given it were girls and 99.8% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Finis

Where Finis is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org