Boys' name · since 1929
Jinks
Jinks has 11 recorded births since 1929 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1929 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 11
- total births
- 1929–1930
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
Jinks is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 11 have been recorded since 1929.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jinks has been recorded 11 times among boys since 1929, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1929 to 1930.
- 11 total births
- 1929–1930 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jinks's 11 recorded births place it above 25% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jinks's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jinks splits its recorded history at 1930: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1930 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1929 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jinks popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1930
- Peak year (1929)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Jinks by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Jinks's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Jinks births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
6 births
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Jinks's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 1930s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1929–1930 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jinks: Baby Name Since 1929 - 11 Births, Peak 1929." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jinks. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jinks draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.