Pinkie
Last seen for girls in 1992 at #10,479 · Last seen for boys in 1928 at #3,697
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 21 births
- Debut · girls
- 21 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,881since 1880
Pinkie over time
Rank among girls' names. Pinkie has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | — | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | — | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,608 | 22 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,678 | 19 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,005 | 29 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,774 | 35 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,875 | 31 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,820 | 30 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,555 | 37 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,524 | 37 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,376 | 45 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,633 | 34 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,394 | 39 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,187 | 44 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,293 | 38 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,442 | 33 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,229 | 42 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,184 | 40 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,046 | 47 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,382 | 29 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,018 | 48 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,186 | 36 | — | |
| 1935 | #960 | 52 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,019 | 46 | — | |
| 1933 | #957 | 51 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,004 | 49 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,074 | 43 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,031 | 51 | — | |
| 1929 | #941 | 58 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,015 | 54 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #883 | 71 | — | |
| 1926 | #942 | 63 | — | |
| 1925 | #895 | 68 | — | |
| 1924 | #839 | 80 | — | |
| 1923 | #828 | 78 | — | |
| 1922 | #879 | 69 | — | |
| 1921 | #868 | 72 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #746 | 94 | — | |
| 1919 | #828 | 72 | — | |
| 1918 | #802 | 79 | — | |
| 1917 | #750 | 87 | — | |
| 1916 | #744 | 83 | — | |
| 1915 | #774 | 73 | — | |
| 1914 | #788 | 54 | — | |
| 1913 | #712 | 53 | — | |
| 1912 | #615 | 64 | — | |
| 1911 | #558 | 58 | — | |
| 1910 | #514 | 64 | — | |
| 1909 | #614 | 40 | — | |
| 1908 | #520 | 49 | — | |
| 1907 | #564 | 42 | — | |
| 1906 | #515 | 44 | — | |
| 1905 | #442 | 58 | — | |
| 1904 | #456 | 51 | — | |
| 1903 | #470 | 46 | — | |
| 1902 | #401 | 59 | — | |
| 1901 | #459 | 42 | — | |
| 1900 | #440 | 57 | — | |
| 1899 | #498 | 35 | — | |
| 1898 | #465 | 44 | — | |
| 1897 | #453 | 42 | — | |
| 1896 | #457 | 40 | — | |
| 1895 | #455 | 40 | — | |
| 1894 | #457 | 37 | — | |
| 1893 | #364 | 55 | — | |
| 1892 | #391 | 46 | — | |
| 1891 | #447 | 32 | — | |
| 1890 | #412 | 37 | — | |
| 1889 | #475 | 27 | — | |
| 1888 | #387 | 39 | — | |
| 1887 | #398 | 30 | — | |
| 1886 | #432 | 25 | — | |
| 1885 | #484 | 19 | — | |
| 1884 | #398 | 25 | — | |
| 1883 | #465 | 17 | — | |
| 1882 | #372 | 23 | — | |
| 1881 | #405 | 17 | — | |
| 1880 | #352 | 21 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Pinkie was already there! It came in at #352, and was given to 21 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1975, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Pinkie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1992
- Biggest jump: 100 spots in 1910 (#614 → #514)
- Biggest drop: 226 spots in 1936 (#960 → #1,186)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #352 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 87 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1880–1927
- Highest: 1 in 3,871 girls born in 1893 were named Pinkie (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 263,419 girls born in 1992 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #352 in 1880, was only 1 in 4,333 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.2% of all girls named Pinkie (707) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 243 | #352 (1880) | #417 |
| 1890s | 408 | #364 (1893) | #440 |
| 1900s | 488 | #401 (1902) | #488 |
| 1910s | 687 | #514 (1910) | #709 |
| 1920s | 707 | #746 (1920) | #884 |
| 1930s | 447 | #957 (1933) | #1,073 |
| 1940s | 393 | #1,046 (1940) | #1,345 |
| 1950s | 296 | #1,524 (1950) | #2,002 |
| 1960s | 146 | #2,432 (1960) | #3,618 |
| 1970s | 28 | #6,611 (1976) | #8,383 |
| 1980s | 31 | #6,804 (1981) | #9,654 |
| 1990s | 7 | #10,479 (1992) | #10,479 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Pinkie in 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 21,358 of them was named Pinkie, which outranked 81.3% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,009Euna55
- #1,009Fairy55
- #1,009Lorenza55
- #1,015Pinkie54
- #1,015Birtha54
- #1,015Brenda54
- #1,015Clarabelle54
- #1,029Charity53
- #1,029Ethelene53
- #1,029Flo53
Tied with 13 names at #1,015; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 184,602 of them was named Pinkie, which outranked 21.7% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,357Yoshimi7
- #3,357Zenas7
- #3,357Zoltan7
- #3,697Pinkie6
- #3,697Abb6
- #3,697Abbott6
- #3,697Abdon6
- #4,151Aberham5
- #4,151Acey5
- #4,151Acy5
Tied with 453 names at #3,697; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.