Girls' name · since 2003
Tinlee
Tinlee has 452 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,588 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,245 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 452
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
452 babies have been named Tinlee since 2003, making it today's #9245 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tinlee has been recorded 452 times among girls since 2003, currently ranked #9245 nationally and more common than 47% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #12,588 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,245 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 452 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tinlee ranks #12,588 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,245 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 452 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,588 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,245 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 452
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Tinlee's 452 recorded births place it above 82.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Tinlee compares
452 Top 47% higher than 53% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Tinlee's all-time total is 20% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tinlee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 452 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 54 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tinlee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tinlee's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 54, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tinlee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 54
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Tinlee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (336 births, 74% of the file).
2010s was Tinlee's strongest decade.
336 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Tinlee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
336 births
- 2020s 105
2020s
105 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 336 births (74% of all-time use).
Tinlee by state
Where Tinlee concentrates geographically, total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 40 | 8.8% |
| #2 | Oklahoma | | 10 | 2.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 7 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 5 | 1.1% |
40 of 452 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Tinlee's data
- Tinlee's decade-level peak was the 2010s (336 total births); usage has since declined to 105 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Tinlees (40 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tinlee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2003–2025 (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 Tinlee 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.