Hinton — #12365 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hinton

The Social Security Administration has registered 566 babies named Hinton between 1908 and 2024, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hinton currently holds the #12365 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hinton performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Hinton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Hinton in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hinton 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 566 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.