Pinky · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Pinky.

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

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 55 recorded years as a table

Pinky, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1883	45
1890	26
1892	24
1893	23
1895	34
1896	25
1898	19
1900	17
1901	29
1903	19
1908	15
1914	9
1915	5
1916	6
1917	6
1918	6
1920	4
1921	5
1925	6
1927	4
1928	6
1932	5
1933	6
1934	6
1936	5
1937	8
1939	5
1940	6
1941	6
1944	4
1945	4
1946	4
1949	3
1950	5
1951	8
1952	4
1953	6
1954	6
1955	4
1956	3
1958	4
1960	6
1962	4
1963	5
1966	4
1975	3
1976	3
1977	4
1978	5
1979	3
1980	4
1984	4
1985	3
1991	4
1992	5

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Pinky 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 Pinky

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1992: 9
Rank in 1992: #8,734
How rare: 1 in 204,881 girls
Since 1883: 370

Pinky was last recorded in 1992. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1883, at 45 per million girls born.

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

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