Girls' name · since 1916
Piney
Piney has 36 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #38,918 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 36
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Piney is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 36 have been recorded since 1916.
Social Security Administration records show Piney recorded 36 times among girls since 1916, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1910s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1956.
- #38,918 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 36 born since 1916
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Piney ranks #38,918 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 36 born since 1916, peaking in the 1910s.
- #38,918 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 36
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Piney's 36 recorded births place it above 46.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Piney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Piney's full recorded timeline at 1934, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1934, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1918 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Piney popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1956
- Peak year (1918)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Piney by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (14 births, 39% of the file).
1910s was Piney's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Piney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
14 births
- 1920s
1920s
6 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 14 births (39% of all-time use).
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What to do with Piney's data
- Piney's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (14 total births) through the 1950s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Piney: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~40 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1916–1956 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Piney 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 August 2026.