Jinks — boys' name
11 babies named Jinks in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1929. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Jinks was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Jinks in 1929 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jinks
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Jinks between 1929 and 1930, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jinks currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1930. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jinks performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jinks shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jinks 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 11 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.
Jinks at a glance
Last recorded 1930Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jinks popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–1929
- Peak year (1929)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1930.
11 total births across 2 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1929 with 6 births in a single year.
Jinks by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 6 births that decade — 55% of Jinks's all-time total
Jinks decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Jinks's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% 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, 1929–1930 (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.