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

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Peak · girls
1880 · 21 births
Debut · girls
21 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,881
since 1880

Pinkie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Pinkie has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #352, 1880girls
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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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1992#10,4797
1991
1990
1989#10,8476
1988
1987#9,8256
1986
1985
1984
1983#10,2755
1982#10,5175
1981#6,8049
1980
1979#10,2105
1978
1977
1976#6,6118
1975
1974#8,7755
1973
1972
1971#8,3245
1970#7,9955
1969
1968#6,2466
1967#6,0426
1966#3,26615
1965#2,93818
1964#3,10817
1963#3,45814
1962#2,46324
1961#2,60822
1960#2,43224
1959#2,67819
1958#2,37623
1957#2,82317
1956#2,00529
1955#1,77435
1954#1,87531
1953#1,58638
1952#1,82030
1951#1,55537
1950#1,52437
1949#1,37645
1948#1,66931
1947#1,63334
1946#1,39439
1945#1,18744
1944#1,29338
1943#1,44233
1942#1,22942
1941#1,18440
1940#1,04647
1939#1,10242
1938#1,38229
1937#1,01848
1936#1,18636
1935#96052
1934#1,01946
1933#95751
1932#1,00449
1931#1,07443
1930#1,03151
1929#94158
1928#1,01554#3,6976
1927#88371
1926#94263
1925#89568
1924#83980
1923#82878
1922#87969
1921#86872#4,3225
1920#74694
1919#82872
1918#80279
1917#75087
1916#74483
1915#77473
1914#78854
1913#71253
1912#61564
1911#55858
1910#51464
1909#61440
1908#52049
1907#56442
1906#51544
1905#44258
1904#45651
1903#47046
1902#40159
1901#45942
1900#44057
1899#49835
1898#46544
1897#45342
1896#45740
1895#45540
1894#45737
1893#36455
1892#39146
1891#44732
1890#41237
1889#47527
1888#38739
1887#39830
1886#43225
1885#48419
1884#39825
1883#46517
1882#37223
1881#40517
1880#35221
First appearance
1880

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.

Where Pinkie is popular in 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedWVVirginia: #388 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,525 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedLAMississippi: #358 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,901 girlsMSAlabama: #342 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,046 girlsALGeorgia: #299 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,398 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedHITexas: #790 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,084 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Pinkie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Georgia#299 · 1 in 2,398
  2. Alabama#342 · 1 in 3,046
  3. Mississippi#358 · 1 in 2,901
  4. Virginia#388 · 1 in 4,525
  5. Texas#790 · 1 in 9,084

Best ever in a state: #152 in Mississippi, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Georgia#299121 in 2,398
Alabama#34291 in 3,046
Mississippi#35871 in 2,901
Virginia#38851 in 4,525
Texas#79061 in 9,084
Alaska
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North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Vermont
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Pinkie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1992
  • Biggest jump: 100 spots in 1910 (#614#514)
  • Biggest drop: 226 spots in 1936 (#960#1,186)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #352 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 87 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 51 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1880–1927
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,871
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 18.2% of all girls named Pinkie (707) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s243#352 (1880)#417
1890s408#364 (1893)#440
1900s488#401 (1902)#488
1910s687#514 (1910)#709
1920s707#746 (1920)#884
1930s447#957 (1933)#1,073
1940s393#1,046 (1940)#1,345
1950s296#1,524 (1950)#2,002
1960s146#2,432 (1960)#3,618
1970s28#6,611 (1976)#8,383
1980s31#6,804 (1981)#9,654
1990s7#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 1933

girls
#957
51 births · 1 in 19,763 girls

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #957Pinkie51
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 19,763 of them was named Pinkie, which outranked 80.3% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pinkie
  1. #947Macie52
  2. #947Marge52
  3. #947Zita52
  4. #957Pinkie51
  5. #957Armida51
  6. #957Beatriz51
  7. #957Concha51
  8. #973Alverta50
  9. #973Cathleen50
  10. #973Christeen50

Tied with 15 names at #957; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 1,022Rheta#1,754#732
  2. 930Joellen#1,877#947
  3. 583Veola#1,568#985
  4. 483Sharlene#1,162#679
  5. 475Louetta#1,448#973
Fallers
  1. 395Golda#969#1,364
  2. 322Louis#940#1,262
  3. 298Bebe#899#1,197
  4. 291Clyde#998#1,289
  5. 291Mariam#998#1,289

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

See the top 100 for 1933