Given name
Pinky
“one who is healthy”
Pinky is a variant of Pink. One American interpretation is “one who is healthy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pinky is a variant of Pink. One American interpretation is “one who is healthy.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Pinky 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 1883. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pinky through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 370
- 0 boys · 370 girls
- Most popular year
- 1951
- 14 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 9 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1951. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,257 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: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Pinky
- Pinky AmadorFilipina actress, singer, commercial model, and TV hostborn 1966
- Pinky AnandIndian lawyer
- Pinky KekanaSouth African politicianborn 1966
- Pinky Agnewactor, author, social commentatorborn 1955
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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