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 1881
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 1881
Top girls' names in 1881
Top boys' names in 1881
More about 1881
girls
91,953 girls got a published name in 1881; 1 in 15,326 of them was named Pink, which outranked 21.1% of the 938 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #679Will7
- #679Zetta7
- #679Zillah7
- #740Pink6
- #740Aida6
- #740Albertine6
- #740Allene6
- #830Aggie5
- #830Alba5
- #830Aletha5
Tied with 89 names at #740; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 381Avis#449 → #830
- ↓ 365Clementine#375 → #740
- ↓ 364Eleanore#466 → #830
- ↓ 364Lonnie#466 → #830
- ↓ 319Luvenia#421 → #740
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
100,735 boys got a published name in 1881; 1 in 3,474 of them was named Pink, which outranked 70.3% of the 996 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 43.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).