Girls' name · since 1919
Tinny
Tinny has 13 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1923 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #51,313 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1919
- 1920s
- peak decade
13 girls have been named Tinny since 1919, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tinny has been recorded 13 times among girls since 1919, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1923.
- #51,313 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 13 born since 1919
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tinny ranks #51,313 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 1919, peaking in the 1920s.
- #51,313 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1919
- 1920s
- peak decade
Tinny's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tinny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tinny's SSA record in two at 1923 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1919, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1923 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tinny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1923
- Peak year (1923)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Tinny by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (8 births, 62% of the file).
1920s was Tinny's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Tinny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 8 births (62% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tinny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1919–1923 (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 Tinny 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.