Tinsley

Where Tinsley comes from

From the unattested Old English personal name *Tynni + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Tinsley
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1976
    Tinsley Mortimer born
    American socialite
  2. 1982
    First appearance
    #10,517 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1982
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 2020
    Peak, #718
    388 babies named Tinsley — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2024
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,369.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Tinsley Mortimer · American socialite, born 1976

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.