Dink

Boy · recorded 1883–1955

  • 1955last recorded
  • 1892best year

Most popular in 1892.

Last recorded in 1955. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Dink.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1883

0254918831901191919371955

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 18 recorded years as a table
Dink, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188348
188444
189249
189443
19148
191610
191713
19188
19196
19225
19235
19245
19265
19335
19355
19365
19444
19552

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dink isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1955
5
Rank in 1955
#3,886
How rare
1 in 411,977 boys
Since 1883
107

Dink was last recorded in 1955. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1892, at 49 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Dink doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.