Dink

Where Dink comes from

Dink hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1883
    Debut at its peak, #892
    #892 among boys with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1885
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1897
    Dink Templeton born
    American athlete, rugby union player and coach
  4. 1898
    Dink Trout born
    American voice actor
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Dink Templeton · American athlete, rugby union player and coach, 1897–1962
  • Dink Trout · American voice actor, 1898–1950
  • Dink O'Brien · American baseball player, 1894–1971

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.