Pincus — boys' name
52 babies named Pincus in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Pincus was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Pincus in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pincus
The Social Security Administration has registered 52 babies named Pincus between 1913 and 2009, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pincus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pincus performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Pincus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pincus in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pincus 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 52 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.
Pincus at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Pincus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1913
- Peak year (1924)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 97 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
52 total births across 97 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 7 births in a single year.
Pincus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 15 births that decade — 29% of Pincus's all-time total
Pincus decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Pincus's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Pincus by state
Where Pincus concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 35 | 67.3% |
35 of 52 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 67.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 67.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1913–2009 (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.