Dink — boys' name
107 babies named Dink in U.S. Social Security records since 1883, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Dink was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Dink in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dink
The Social Security Administration has registered 107 babies named Dink between 1883 and 1955, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dink currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1955. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dink performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Dink shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dink in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 107 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dink at a glance
Last recorded 1955Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dink popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1883
- Peak year (1917)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 73 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1955.
107 total births across 73 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 12 births in a single year.
Dink by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 40 births that decade — 37% of Dink's all-time total
Dink decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Dink's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1883–1955 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.