Pinkney

Boy · recorded 1880–1958

  • 1958last recorded
  • 1891best year

Most popular in 1891.

Last recorded in 1958. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

06412818801900191919391958

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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 60 recorded years as a table
Pinkney, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188091
188189
188297
188386
188470
188654
188799
188963
1891128
189345
189560
189659
189890
190060
190249
190350
190734
190937
191051
191127
191216
191323
191415
191513
191619
191715
191810
19199
192012
192110
19229
192313
192412
192514
19269
192712
19288
19297
19305
193113
193215
19337
19347
19356
19368
193710
19395
19405
19424
19437
19444
19454
19485
19493
19514
19542
19552
19563
19572
19583

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Pinkney 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

More like Pinkney

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1958
6
Rank in 1958
#3,559
How rare
1 in 353,734 boys
Since 1880
531

Pinkney was last recorded in 1958. 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 1891, at 128 per million boys born.

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

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