Pinkie
Last seen for girls in 1992 at #10,479 · Last seen for boys in 1928 at #3,697
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 21 births
- Debut · girls
- 21 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,881since 1880
Pinkie over time
Rank among girls' names. Pinkie has never cracked the top 300 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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| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | — | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | — | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | — | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,463 | 24 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,608 | 22 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,678 | 19 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,005 | 29 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,774 | 35 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,875 | 31 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,820 | 30 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,555 | 37 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,524 | 37 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,376 | 45 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,633 | 34 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,394 | 39 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,187 | 44 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,293 | 38 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,442 | 33 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,229 | 42 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,184 | 40 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,046 | 47 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,382 | 29 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,018 | 48 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,186 | 36 | — | |
| 1935 | #960 | 52 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,019 | 46 | — | |
| 1933 | #957 | 51 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,004 | 49 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,074 | 43 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,031 | 51 | — | |
| 1929 | #941 | 58 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,015 | 54 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #883 | 71 | — | |
| 1926 | #942 | 63 | — | |
| 1925 | #895 | 68 | — | |
| 1924 | #839 | 80 | — | |
| 1923 | #828 | 78 | — | |
| 1922 | #879 | 69 | — | |
| 1921 | #868 | 72 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #746 | 94 | — | |
| 1919 | #828 | 72 | — | |
| 1918 | #802 | 79 | — | |
| 1917 | #750 | 87 | — | |
| 1916 | #744 | 83 | — | |
| 1915 | #774 | 73 | — | |
| 1914 | #788 | 54 | — | |
| 1913 | #712 | 53 | — | |
| 1912 | #615 | 64 | — | |
| 1911 | #558 | 58 | — | |
| 1910 | #514 | 64 | — | |
| 1909 | #614 | 40 | — | |
| 1908 | #520 | 49 | — | |
| 1907 | #564 | 42 | — | |
| 1906 | #515 | 44 | — | |
| 1905 | #442 | 58 | — | |
| 1904 | #456 | 51 | — | |
| 1903 | #470 | 46 | — | |
| 1902 | #401 | 59 | — | |
| 1901 | #459 | 42 | — | |
| 1900 | #440 | 57 | — | |
| 1899 | #498 | 35 | — | |
| 1898 | #465 | 44 | — | |
| 1897 | #453 | 42 | — | |
| 1896 | #457 | 40 | — | |
| 1895 | #455 | 40 | — | |
| 1894 | #457 | 37 | — | |
| 1893 | #364 | 55 | — | |
| 1892 | #391 | 46 | — | |
| 1891 | #447 | 32 | — | |
| 1890 | #412 | 37 | — | |
| 1889 | #475 | 27 | — | |
| 1888 | #387 | 39 | — | |
| 1887 | #398 | 30 | — | |
| 1886 | #432 | 25 | — | |
| 1885 | #484 | 19 | — | |
| 1884 | #398 | 25 | — | |
| 1883 | #465 | 17 | — | |
| 1882 | #372 | 23 | — | |
| 1881 | #405 | 17 | — | |
| 1880 | #352 | 21 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Pinkie was already there! It came in at #352, and was given to 21 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1975, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Pinkie is popular in 1915
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#241 · 1 in 1,383
- Alabama#282 · 1 in 1,940
- Georgia#316 · 1 in 2,638
- Virginia#393 · 1 in 4,598
- Arkansas#394 · 1 in 3,097
Best ever in a state: #152 in Mississippi, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #241 | 12 | 1 in 1,383 |
| Alabama | #282 | 12 | 1 in 1,940 |
| Georgia | #316 | 11 | 1 in 2,638 |
| Virginia | #393 | 5 | 1 in 4,598 |
| Arkansas | #394 | 5 | 1 in 3,097 |
| North Carolina | #440 | 6 | 1 in 4,829 |
| Texas | #628 | 8 | 1 in 5,389 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Pinkie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1992
- Biggest jump: 100 spots in 1910 (#614 → #514)
- Biggest drop: 226 spots in 1936 (#960 → #1,186)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #352 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 87 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1880–1927
- Highest: 1 in 3,871 girls born in 1893 were named Pinkie (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 263,419 girls born in 1992 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #352 in 1880, was only 1 in 4,333 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.2% of all girls named Pinkie (707) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 243 | #352 (1880) | #417 |
| 1890s | 408 | #364 (1893) | #440 |
| 1900s | 488 | #401 (1902) | #488 |
| 1910s | 687 | #514 (1910) | #709 |
| 1920s | 707 | #746 (1920) | #884 |
| 1930s | 447 | #957 (1933) | #1,073 |
| 1940s | 393 | #1,046 (1940) | #1,345 |
| 1950s | 296 | #1,524 (1950) | #2,002 |
| 1960s | 146 | #2,432 (1960) | #3,618 |
| 1970s | 28 | #6,611 (1976) | #8,383 |
| 1980s | 31 | #6,804 (1981) | #9,654 |
| 1990s | 7 | #10,479 (1992) | #10,479 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Pinkie in 1915
Top girls' names in 1915
More about 1915
girls
983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 13,477 of them was named Pinkie, which outranked 84.4% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).