Pinkney — boys' name

What the Data Says About Pinkney

The Social Security Administration has registered 531 babies named Pinkney between 1880 and 1958, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pinkney currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pinkney performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Pinkney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Pinkney in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pinkney 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 531 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.