Given name

Finneas

Finneas is a masculine given name.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Finneas is a form of Phineas. Phineas comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Hebrew.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Finneas through the years

Babies since 1880
1,129
1,129 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2025
126 babies
2025
126
#1,428 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+168%
Rising fast
02040608020002025Highest share 202574
Finneas in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2000–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Where it’s given

Most at home inIowa, Washington, Minnesota
FewerMore, relative to births Not published
2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: Iowa (5), Washington (7), Minnesota (5), Virginia (6), Ohio (8).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 126 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,428 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 167.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 459 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Finneas’s family of names

In English usage, Finneas has a related form in Phineas.

Walk Finneas’s family in the name graph

FinneasPhinneasPhineasPhinehas

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Finneas

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

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Sibling ideas

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