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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Pinkie

Pinkie was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1880, when it ranked 364th; the most babies were born in 1920 (94). More babies were named Pinkie in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
192094 babies
Total since 1880
3,892babies recorded

Pinkie popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 11 since 1921.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970#8,9425
1960#2,49224
1950#1,54637
1940#1,05847
1930#1,03851
1920#74994
1910#51664
1900#44757
1890#42237
1880#36421

How popular is Pinkie, counting every spelling?

Pinkie has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Pinkie?

About 700 people born in the US named Pinkie are alive today, with a median age of 75; half are between 66 and 82. That makes Pinkie a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Pinkie by state

How common Pinkie was among girls born in each state in 1918–1922, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (7.3×), Alabama (6.6×), Georgia (6.2×), Louisiana (3.8×), Texas (2.8×). In 42 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesVA0.04Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesAR0.17Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesNC0.07South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesLA0.25Mississippi: 0.48 per 1,000 babiesMS0.48Alabama: 0.43 per 1,000 babiesAL0.43Georgia: 0.41 per 1,000 babiesGA0.41Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesTX0.18Florida: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesFL0.23
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Pinkie, girls, 1918–1922. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Pinkie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Pinkie, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Pinkie

How popular is the name Pinkie?

Pinkie was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1880, when it ranked 364th; the most babies were born in 1920 (94). More babies were named Pinkie in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Pinkie a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 3,881 girls and 11 boys.

Where was Pinkie most popular?

In 1918–1922, Pinkie was most common in Mississippi (0.48 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and Georgia.