Girls' name · since 1881
Tiney
Tiney has 327 recorded births since 1881 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1926 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,211 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 327
- born since 1881
- 1920s
- peak decade
327 girls have been named Tiney since 1881, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tiney has 327 recorded births among girls since 1881, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1881 to 1959.
- #15,211 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 327 born since 1881
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tiney ranks #15,211 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 327 born since 1881, peaking in the 1920s.
- #15,211 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 327
- born since 1881
- 1920s
- peak decade
Tiney's 327 recorded births place it above 78.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tiney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tiney's full recorded timeline at 1920, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1881, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1926 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tiney popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–1959
- Peak year (1926)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Tiney popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1927 (Tiney as boys' name)
Tiney by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (81 births, 25% of the file).
1920s was Tiney's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Tiney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 16
1880s
16 births
- 1890s 21
1890s
21 births
- 1900s
1900s
42 births
- 1910s
1910s
73 births
- 1920s
1920s
81 births
- 1930s
1930s
61 births
- 1940s 22
1940s
22 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 81 births (25% of all-time use).
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What to do with Tiney's data
- Tiney's decade-level peak was the 1920s (81 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tiney: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~78 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, 1881–1959 (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 Tiney 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.