Pinckney — boys' name

What the Data Says About Pinckney

The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Pinckney between 1907 and 1942, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pinckney currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1942. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pinckney performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Pinckney shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pinckney in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pinckney 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 42 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.