Girls' name · since 1952
Twinkle
Since 1952, U.S. Social Security records show 84 babies named Twinkle, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,172 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 84
- born since 1952
- 1990s
- peak decade
84 girls have been named Twinkle since 1952, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Twinkle has 84 recorded births among girls since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2010.
- #29,172 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 84 born since 1952
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Twinkle ranks #29,172 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 84 born since 1952, peaking in the 1990s.
- #29,172 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 84
- born since 1952
- 1990s
- peak decade
Twinkle's 84 recorded births place it above 59.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Twinkle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Twinkle's SSA record in two at 1984 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1961, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Twinkle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2010
- Peak year (1997)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Twinkle by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (26 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Twinkle's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Twinkle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
22 births
- 1960s
1960s
17 births
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
- 1990s
1990s
26 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 26 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Twinkle's decade-level peak was the 1990s (26 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- 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 Twinkle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1952–2010 (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 Twinkle 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.