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
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 29 births
- Debut · boys
- 30 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,089since 1880
Pink over time
Rank among boys' names. Pink has never cracked the top 200 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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| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
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| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
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| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
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| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,361 | 12 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,802 | 8 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,608 | 9 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,096 | 7 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #2,405 | 10 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,656 | 8 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,326 | 10 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,184 | 11 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,529 | 9 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,731 | 19 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,959 | 17 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,466 | 25 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,806 | 19 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,776 | 20 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,545 | 24 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,059 | 16 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,966 | 17 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,264 | 31 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,648 | 21 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,415 | 24 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,505 | 21 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,221 | 23 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,803 | 10 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | #982 | 12 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #893 | 11 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | #723 | 11 |
| 1903 | — | #696 | 11 | |
| 1902 | — | #615 | 13 | |
| 1901 | — | #596 | 12 | |
| 1900 | — | #490 | 22 | |
| 1899 | — | #613 | 11 | |
| 1898 | — | #473 | 19 | |
| 1897 | — | #438 | 19 | |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | — | #529 | 15 | |
| 1894 | — | #502 | 16 | |
| 1893 | — | #538 | 13 | |
| 1892 | — | #547 | 14 | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | #524 | 12 |
| 1890 | — | #489 | 15 | |
| 1889 | — | #434 | 18 | |
| 1888 | — | #464 | 17 | |
| 1887 | — | #409 | 17 | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | #369 | 22 |
| 1885 | — | #344 | 25 | |
| 1884 | — | #399 | 20 | |
| 1883 | — | #433 | 17 | |
| 1882 | — | #324 | 28 | |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 | #296 | 29 |
| 1880 | — | #305 | 30 | |
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.
Where Pink is popular in 1880
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Pink
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #296 (29 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1880–1907
- 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%)
- 20.5% of all boys named Pink (223) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 223 | #296 (1881) | #378 |
| 1890s | 147 | #438 (1897) | #525 |
| 1900s | 119 | #490 (1900) | #749 |
| 1910s | 180 | #981 (1910) | #1,425 |
| 1920s | 201 | #1,382 (1928) | #1,771 |
| 1930s | 93 | #2,101 (1931) | #2,546 |
| 1940s | 69 | #2,405 (1943) | #2,831 |
| 1950s | 52 | #2,361 (1956) | #3,420 |
| 1960s | 5 | #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 1880
Top boys' names in 1880
More about 1880
boys
110,490 boys got a published name in 1880; 1 in 3,683 of them was named Pink, which outranked 71.2% of the 1,058 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 44.2% of boys (8.0% in 2025).