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The first name 
Finn

Finn is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.

Finn – known and loved in the US!

The name Finn isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Finn ranks 192. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 11 were named Finn. In the entire USA, approximately 28,385 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Finn. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Finn

What does the name 
Finn mean?

There are several possible meanings for the given name Finn. Finn is a character from a cycle of stories, that attains cleverness at a young age, which is why the name is given the popular meaning ‘the knowledgeable one’. Finn could also be a derivation from the Gaelic word ‘fionn’ meaning ‘the bright one’ or ‘the blond one’. Derived from Scandinavian languages, Finn can also mean ‘the Finn’ or ‘coming from Finland’.

Fionn mac Cumhaill,... often anglicized Finn MacCool, is a hero in Irish mythology. He is said to have a magic thumb that bestows him with great wisdom.

Finn -
keeping with the times

Finn is a fairly recent phenomenon. In the past, the name wasn't really on the radar of expectant parents. Then, unexpectedly, Finn cried out for attention, reaching its peak in popularity at #163 in our SmartGenius statistics in the year 2017. People over 50 probably didn't have classmates named Finn, for there were many years in which not a single parent chose this first name for their son. Although it also has never been in the top 100 of most popular first names, Finn seems to have been in vogue for a while, especially since the beginning of the new millennium.

In years where the graph has no value, the name Finn was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.

Finn in 2022 – for some parents the most beautiful name in the world

2,150 babies were named Finn in 2022 - that's 1 in 75,574 newborn boys. With this number, the boys' name Finn ranked 172 in our SmartGenius first name statistics in 2022, the most recent year for which records are available.

Finn -
very special and well known across the entire USA

Everyone knows him, everyone loves him and still he’s different from the mainstream: Finn occurs in every single state of the U.S. This may sound quite unspectacular at first, but in fact, of the nearly 50,000 different male first names that occur in the USA, only 386 are recorded in each individual state, so the name Finn is definitely something very special. However, at the same time, since the name does not appear in the top 100 most common first names in any single state, Finn is not one of those names that everyone encounters in his neighbourhood, but stands out from the crowd, captures attention and is something special without being strange or unknown. From Alaska to Florida, a total of 28,361 men and boys of all generations bear the name Finn – that is one in 5,886. However, there are considerable regional differences – the name is far more popular than average in Utah, where one in 400 men and boys is called Finn, while it is particularly rare in Mississippi, where you have to ask an average of 23,808 men for their name to get Finn as an answer once.

Finn has 4 letters 
and begins with an F

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter F is quite rare as a first letter for boys' names: only 1.5% of all common boys' names in the US begin with an F. By the way, the most common first letters of boys' names are J, A and D, while X, U and Q are the least common initials of boys' names.

With four letters, the name Finn is shorter than most other given names. In fact, only 5.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly four letters. Just 1.2% of all first names are even shorter, while 93% consist of more than four letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

Therefore: As 1.5% of all boys' names begin with an F, this initial letter is significantly less common than the other letters on average. However, individual boys' names with F are really popular, the most common currently being Frank.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Finn

If your name is Finn and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Finn

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Finn, you can simply say:

Fox

Igloo

Nut

Nut

This is how the name Finn is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Finn in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Finn

Finn

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Finn

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Finn is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

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Have you ever waved the name Finn

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

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Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Finn sounds like this: