Boys' name · since 2016
Pinny
Pinny has 58 recorded births since 2016 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,160 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,761 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 58
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Pinny is the #6761 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 58 recorded since 2016.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pinny has been recorded 58 times among boys since 2016, currently ranked #6761 nationally and more common than 51% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #21,160 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,761 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 58 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Pinny ranks #21,160 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,761 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 58 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,160 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,761 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 58
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Pinny's 58 recorded births place it above 53.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Pinny compares
58 18th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Pinny's all-time total is 84% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Pinny | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 58 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Pinny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Pinny's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2017, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Pinny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Pinny by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (42 births, 72% of the file).
2020s was Pinny's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Pinny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
- 2020s
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 42 births (72% of all-time use).
Pinny by state
Where Pinny concentrates geographically, total births since 2016
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 20 | 34.5% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 10 | 17.2% |
20 of 58 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Pinnys (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Pinny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2016–2025 (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 Pinny 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.