Pinkey — girls' name
579 babies named Pinkey in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1910. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
18% of everyone ever named Pinkey was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Pinkey in 1910 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pinkey
The Social Security Administration has registered 579 babies named Pinkey between 1880 and 1964, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pinkey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1910, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pinkey performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Pinkey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pinkey in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pinkey 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 579 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.
Pinkey at a glance
Last recorded 1964Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Pinkey popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1880
- Peak year (1910)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 85 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1964.
579 total births across 85 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1910 with 17 births in a single year.
Pinkey popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 1923 (Pinkey as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Pinkey accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Pinkey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 102 births that decade — 18% of Pinkey's all-time total
Pinkey decade highlights
- Peak decade 102 births
- Runner-up 90 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Pinkey's strongest decade
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Pinkey by state
Where Pinkey concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 579 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 0.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1880–1964 (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.