Tinsley

Boy · recorded 1919–2017

  • 2017last recorded
  • 1920best year

Most popular in 1920.

Last recorded in 2017. 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 Tinsley.

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Its story

Popularity since 1919

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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 15 recorded years as a table
Tinsley, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19196
19208
19266
19385
19404
19415
19454
19474
19493
19533
19653
19763
20062
20093
20173

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Tinsley 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 2017
5
Rank in 2017
#12,246
How rare
1 in 370,191 boys
Since 1919
88

Tinsley was last recorded in 2017. 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 1920, at 8 per million boys born.

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

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