Tiny

Last seen for girls in 1993 at #11,780 · Last seen for boys in 1960 at #3,337
Given to girls 92.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1884 · 13 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,087
since 1881

Tiny over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #583, 1884peak #2,389, 1916girlsboys
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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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1993#11,7806—
1992#13,3175—
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1987#8,7787—
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1984#9,1446—
1983#10,2755—
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1981#10,4115—
1980#8,1787—
1979#5,42712—
1978#5,95810—
1977#7,5677—
1976#4,90512—
1975#5,16111—
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1973#4,87111—
1972#4,79311—
1971#6,0068—
1970#3,87215—
1969#3,95813—
1968#3,61014—
1967#3,34015—
1966#2,75220—
1965#2,74420—
1964#2,82520—
1963#3,63513—
1962#3,16116—
1961#2,95718—
1960#2,72920#3,3377
1959#2,98016#3,9885
1958#2,37623#3,2757
1957#3,30913#3,9935
1956#2,92916—
1955#1,97829—
1954#2,88915#2,7439
1953#2,30121—
1952#2,26621—
1951#2,31419#3,7145
1950#2,25319—
1949#2,41017—
1948#2,58915#3,6685
1947#2,44817—
1946#3,03411#3,5255
1945#1,62126—
1944#1,69824—
1943#2,25116—
1942#1,66825—
1941#1,69622—
1940#1,40429#3,4595
1939#1,32731#3,4805
1938#1,21936—
1937#1,28232—
1936#1,20635#3,1476
1935#1,21934—
1934#1,23633#3,6795
1933#1,40027#2,7388
1932#1,09742—
1931#1,33630—
1930#1,53526—
1929#1,30633#3,9595
1928#1,78422—
1927#1,36235#3,7806
1926#1,51429#4,2015
1925#1,02054#3,7416
1924#1,06953#4,3475
1923#1,00556#3,1758
1922#1,20741#3,0149
1921#1,22240—
1920#95958#2,60211
1919#1,19439#3,1158
1918#1,00551#4,1795
1917#98650—
1916#1,24633#2,38911
1915#1,11537#3,8255
1914#1,60317—
1913#96131—
1912#91930—
1911#1,00719—
1910#73733—
1909#90920—
1908#1,00416—
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1900#1,00814—
1899#1,2787—
1898#88615—
1897#1,2637—
1896#87214—
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1894#1,2377—
1893#79414—
1892#1,1717—
1891#1,3325—
1890#87210—
1889#1,1476—
1888#75312—
1887#9377—
1886#9936—
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First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Tiny! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Tiny is popular in 1935

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedLAMississippi: #467 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,413 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedALGeorgia: #401 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,324 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Tiny, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Georgia#401 · 1 in 4,324
  2. Mississippi#467 · 1 in 4,413

Best ever in a state: #263 in Georgia, 1923.

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Mississippi#46751 in 4,413
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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 Tiny
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
  • Biggest jump: 377 spots in 1893 (#1,171 → #794)
  • Biggest drop: 642 spots in 1914 (#961 → #1,603)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1884 at #583 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1901–1906
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,925
  • Highest: 1 in 9,925 girls born in 1884 were named Tiny (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 301,512 girls born in 1993 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.2% of all girls named Tiny (421) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
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  • The majority has never changed
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s57#583 (1884)#846
1890s86#794 (1893)#1,078
1900s156#880 (1904)#941
1910s340#737 (1910)#1,077
1920s421#959 (1920)#1,245
1930s326#1,097 (1932)#1,286
1940s202#1,404 (1940)#2,082
1950s192#1,978 (1955)#2,560
1960s169#2,729 (1960)#3,171
1970s97#3,872 (1970)#5,396
1980s30#8,178 (1980)#9,357
1990s11#11,780 (1993)#12,549

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.

Tiny in 1935

girls
#1,219
34 births · 1 in 30,841 girls

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #1,219Tiny34
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 30,841 of them was named Tiny, which outranked 75.1% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tiny
  1. #1,197Lucie35
  2. #1,197Nathalie35
  3. #1,197Velta35
  4. #1,219Tiny34
  5. #1,219Albert34
  6. #1,219Ardelle34
  7. #1,219Arlys34
  8. #1,244Alida33
  9. #1,244Annabel33
  10. #1,244Bernie33

Tied with 24 names at #1,219; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
  2. ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
  3. ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
  4. ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
  5. ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 545Marcelina#938 → #1,483
  2. ↓ 456Tomasa#925 → #1,381
  3. ↓ 393Glendora#938 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 388Marceline#993 → #1,381
  5. ↓ 358Rheta#526 → #884

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

See the top 100 for 1935 →