Tinker — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tinker

The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Tinker between 1954 and 1961, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tinker currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 5 babies received it in a single year. Tinker is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1955.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tinker performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Tinker shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tinker 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 10 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.