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

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Peak · boys
1881 · 29 births
Debut · boys
30 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,089
since 1880

Pink over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Pink has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201881peak #296, 1881boys
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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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1961—#4,0655
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1957—#3,9935
1956—#2,36112
1955—#3,8865
1954—#3,8275
1953—#3,4256
1952—#3,7345
1951—#3,3646
1950—#2,7708
1949—#2,8028
1948—#2,6089
1947—#3,0967
1946—#2,9197
1945—#3,3385
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1943—#2,40510
1942—#2,5239
1941—#2,6568
1940—#3,1306
1939—#2,6098
1938—#2,32610
1937—#2,9057
1936—#2,18411
1935—#2,5299
1934—#2,5639
1933—#2,36810
1932#4,4115#3,0927
1931—#2,10113
1930—#2,7819
1929—#1,73119
1928—#1,38228
1927—#1,95917
1926—#1,46625
1925—#1,80619
1924—#1,77620
1923—#2,02016
1922—#1,54524
1921—#2,05916
1920—#1,96617
1919—#1,26431
1918—#1,64821
1917—#1,81517
1916—#1,41524
1915—#1,50521
1914—#1,22123
1913—#1,80310
1912—#1,61910
1911—#98212
1910—#98111
1909—#89311
1908—#1,1137
1907—#81511
1906—#70912
1905—#8369
1904#1,8775#72311
1903—#69611
1902—#61513
1901—#59612
1900—#49022
1899—#61311
1898—#47319
1897—#43819
1896—#59213
1895—#52915
1894—#50216
1893—#53813
1892—#54714
1891#1,0937#52412
1890—#48915
1889—#43418
1888—#46417
1887—#40917
1886#1,1085#36922
1885—#34425
1884—#39920
1883—#43317
1882—#32428
1881#7406#29629
1880—#30530
First appearance
1880

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.

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Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #296 (29 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1880–1907
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,474
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1880s
  • 20.5% of all boys named Pink (223) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s223#296 (1881)#378
1890s147#438 (1897)#525
1900s119#490 (1900)#749
1910s180#981 (1910)#1,425
1920s201#1,382 (1928)#1,771
1930s93#2,101 (1931)#2,546
1940s69#2,405 (1943)#2,831
1950s52#2,361 (1956)#3,420
1960s5#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

girls
#740
6 births · 1 in 15,326 girls
boys
#296
29 births · 1 in 3,474 boys

Top girls' names in 1881

  1. #1Mary6,919
  2. #2Anna2,698
  3. #3Emma2,034
  4. #4Elizabeth1,852
  5. #5Margaret1,658
  6. #6Minnie1,653
  7. #7Ida1,439
  8. #8Annie1,326
  9. #9Bertha1,324
  10. #10Alice1,308
  11. #740Pink6

Top boys' names in 1881

  1. #1John8,768
  2. #2William8,524
  3. #3James5,441
  4. #4George4,664
  5. #5Charles4,636
  6. #6Frank2,834
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,339
  9. #9Thomas2,282
  10. #10Edward2,177
  11. #296Pink29
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).

Ranked beside Pink
  1. #679Will7
  2. #679Zetta7
  3. #679Zillah7
  4. #740Pink6
  5. #740Aida6
  6. #740Albertine6
  7. #740Allene6
  8. #830Aggie5
  9. #830Alba5
  10. #830Aletha5

Tied with 89 names at #740; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1880
Risers
  1. ↑ 431Isa#836 → #405
  2. ↑ 389Opal#836 → #447
  3. ↑ 345Natalie#836 → #491
  4. ↑ 304Arvilla#738 → #434
  5. ↑ 304Lauretta#738 → #434
Fallers
  1. ↓ 381Avis#449 → #830
  2. ↓ 365Clementine#375 → #740
  3. ↓ 364Eleanore#466 → #830
  4. ↓ 364Lonnie#466 → #830
  5. ↓ 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).

Ranked beside Pink
  1. #289Roland30
  2. #289Vincent30
  3. #289Wayne30
  4. #296Pink29
  5. #296Arnold29
  6. #296Elisha29
  7. #296Elwood29
  8. #307Forrest28
  9. #307Irwin28
  10. #307Jackson28

Tied with 10 names at #296; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1880
Risers
  1. ↑ 491Noble#809 → #318
  2. ↑ 449Ivy#909 → #460
  3. ↑ 449Buck#909 → #460
  4. ↑ 376Chin#909 → #533
  5. ↑ 376Ransom#909 → #533
Fallers
  1. ↓ 431Neil#350 → #781
  2. ↓ 378Alvah#403 → #781
  3. ↓ 361Webster#505 → #866
  4. ↓ 356Melville#425 → #781
  5. ↓ 316Hector#465 → #781

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

See the top 100 for 1881 →