Pink

Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419 · Last seen for boys in 1961 at #4,065
Given to boys 96.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1881 · 29 births
Debut · boys
30 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,089
since 1880

Pink over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Pink has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201883peak #296, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
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2015#16,4195
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2012#16,8695
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1961#4,0655
1960
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1957#3,9935
1956#2,36112
1955#3,8865
1954#3,8275
1953#3,4256
1952#3,7345
1951#3,3646
1950#2,7708
1949#2,8028
1948#2,6089
1947#3,0967
1946#2,9197
1945#3,3385
1944
1943#2,40510
1942#2,5239
1941#2,6568
1940#3,1306
1939#2,6098
1938#2,32610
1937#2,9057
1936#2,18411
1935#2,5299
1934#2,5639
1933#2,36810
1932#4,4115#3,0927
1931#2,10113
1930#2,7819
1929#1,73119
1928#1,38228
1927#1,95917
1926#1,46625
1925#1,80619
1924#1,77620
1923#2,02016
1922#1,54524
1921#2,05916
1920#1,96617
1919#1,26431
1918#1,64821
1917#1,81517
1916#1,41524
1915#1,50521
1914#1,22123
1913#1,80310
1912#1,61910
1911#98212
1910#98111
1909#89311
1908#1,1137
1907#81511
1906#70912
1905#8369
1904#1,8775#72311
1903#69611
1902#61513
1901#59612
1900#49022
1899#61311
1898#47319
1897#43819
1896#59213
1895#52915
1894#50216
1893#53813
1892#54714
1891#1,0937#52412
1890#48915
1889#43418
1888#46417
1887#40917
1886#1,1085#36922
1885#34425
1884#39920
1883#43317
1882#32428
1881#7406#29629
1880#30530
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Pink was already there! It came in at #305, and was given to 30 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1944–1945, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Pink
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1961
  • Biggest jump: 220 spots in 1909 (#1,113#893)
  • Biggest drop: 637 spots in 1912 (#982#1,619)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #296 (29 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1880–1907
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,474
  • Highest: 1 in 3,474 boys born in 1881 were named Pink (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 424,839 boys born in 1961 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1880s
  • 20.5% of all boys named Pink (223) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s223#296 (1881)#378
1890s147#438 (1897)#525
1900s119#490 (1900)#749
1910s180#981 (1910)#1,425
1920s201#1,382 (1928)#1,771
1930s93#2,101 (1931)#2,546
1940s69#2,405 (1943)#2,831
1950s52#2,361 (1956)#3,420
1960s5#4,065 (1961)#4,065

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Pink in 1883

boys
#433
17 births · 1 in 6,154 boys

Top boys' names in 1883

  1. #1John8,894
  2. #2William8,387
  3. #3James5,223
  4. #4Charles4,826
  5. #5George4,736
  6. #6Frank2,986
  7. #7Joseph2,515
  8. #8Henry2,383
  9. #9Robert2,334
  10. #10Thomas2,316
  11. #433Pink17
More about 1883

boys

104,625 boys got a published name in 1883; 1 in 6,154 of them was named Pink, which outranked 58.0% of the 1,030 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pink
  1. #412Prince18
  2. #412Stewart18
  3. #412Warner18
  4. #433Pink17
  5. #433Angus17
  6. #433Arther17
  7. #433Christ17
  8. #448Anna16
  9. #448Caleb16
  10. #448Casper16

Tied with 14 names at #433; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1882
Risers
  1. 416Sumner#943#527
  2. 377Alf#837#460
  3. 358Arlie#837#479
  4. 358Everette#837#479
  5. 346Ocie#943#597
Fallers
  1. 429Morton#370#799
  2. 423Saul#469#892
  3. 403Pierce#489#892
  4. 378Bryant#514#892
  5. 352Buck#540#892

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1883