Pinky
Last seen for girls in 1992 at #8,734
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 370since 1883
Pinky over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Pinky has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
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| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five girls were named Pinky! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1894, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1992
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #920 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1883
Share of babies · girls
1 in 22,464
- Highest: 1 in 22,464 girls born in 1883 were named Pinky (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 204,881 girls born in 1992 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 20.5% of all girls named Pinky (76) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #920 (1883) | #920 |
| 1890s | 34 | #1,202 (1895) | #1,424 |
| 1900s | 22 | #1,339 (1901) | #1,791 |
| 1910s | 31 | #2,876 (1914) | #3,804 |
| 1920s | 30 | #3,743 (1928) | #4,403 |
| 1930s | 37 | #2,940 (1937) | #3,812 |
| 1940s | 36 | #3,503 (1940) | #4,238 |
| 1950s | 76 | #2,810 (1951) | #3,944 |
| 1960s | 36 | #3,512 (1960) | #4,722 |
| 1970s | 28 | #7,649 (1978) | #8,931 |
| 1980s | 18 | #8,178 (1980) | #9,333 |
| 1990s | 17 | #8,734 (1992) | #9,035 |
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.
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