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
Tinsley through the years
  1. 1976
    Tinsley Mortimer born
    American socialite
  2. 1982
    First appearance
    #10,517 among girls with 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 on, more girls have.
  4. 2020
    Peak, #718
    388 babies named Tinsley, the most in any year.
  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.