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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #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 1886

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 1886

girls
#1,108
5 births · 1 in 28,907 girls
boys
#369
22 births · 1 in 5,036 boys

Top girls' names in 1886

  1. #1Mary9,889
  2. #2Anna4,283
  3. #3Emma2,764
  4. #4Elizabeth2,680
  5. #5Minnie2,372
  6. #6Margaret2,275
  7. #7Ida2,049
  8. #8Bertha2,001
  9. #9Clara1,916
  10. #10Florence1,860
  11. #1,108Pink5

Top boys' names in 1886

  1. #1John9,026
  2. #2William8,252
  3. #3James5,355
  4. #4George4,671
  5. #5Charles4,533
  6. #6Frank3,127
  7. #7Joseph2,594
  8. #8Robert2,443
  9. #9Henry2,404
  10. #10Thomas2,337
  11. #369Pink22
More about 1886

girls

144,533 girls got a published name in 1886; 1 in 28,907 of them was named Pink, which outranked 13.6% of the 1,282 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pink
  1. #993Yvonne6
  2. #993Zadie6
  3. #993Zilla6
  4. #1,108Pink5
  5. #1,108Aida5
  6. #1,108Albertine5
  7. #1,108Almyra5

Tied with 174 names at #1,108; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. ↑ 441Felicia#1,047 → #606
  2. ↑ 414Arminda#1,047 → #633
  3. ↑ 414Fronie#1,047 → #633
  4. ↑ 390Zettie#1,047 → #657
  5. ↑ 365Vergie#921 → #556
Fallers
  1. ↓ 532Cordia#576 → #1,108
  2. ↓ 532Dicie#576 → #1,108
  3. ↓ 532Johnie#576 → #1,108
  4. ↓ 500Philomene#608 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 479Malissie#629 → #1,108

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

boys

110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 5,036 of them was named Pink, which outranked 66.8% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Pink
  1. #357Raleigh23
  2. #357Seth23
  3. #357Wayne23
  4. #369Pink22
  5. #369Carlton22
  6. #369Casper22
  7. #369Elliott22
  8. #383Allie21
  9. #383Burl21
  10. #383Chauncey21

Tied with 13 names at #369; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. ↑ 505Thornton#936 → #431
  2. ↑ 485Oswald#936 → #451
  3. ↑ 445Evans#936 → #491
  4. ↑ 396Grace#936 → #540
  5. ↑ 385Abel#836 → #451
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Adelbert#462 → #959
  2. ↓ 438Carey#521 → #959
  3. ↓ 412Santiago#547 → #959
  4. ↓ 382Brooks#577 → #959
  5. ↓ 355Alma#604 → #959

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

See the top 100 for 1886 →