Given name
Pinkie
“one who is healthy”
Pinkie is a variant of Pink. One American interpretation is “one who is healthy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pinkie is a variant of Pink. One American interpretation is “one who is healthy.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Pinkie is a variant of Pink. An origin associated with Pink is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pinkie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,892
- 11 boys · 3,881 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 94 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 94 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 771 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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