Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Pinkney

#7,027 most common boys' name of all time · #17,649 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–1958

Rank among boys
#7,027
Rank overall
#17,649 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
531
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1916 #1,778
Best rank
#515 1891
Girls Boys peak 17/yr
1880190019201940

Pinkney is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1958 — 6 6 #3,589
1957 — 5 5 #4,028
1956 — 7 7 #3,241
1955 — 5 5 #3,917
1954 — 5 5 #3,852
1951 — 7 7 #3,079
1949 — 6 6 #3,318
1948 — 9 9 #2,618
1945 — 6 6 #3,013
1944 — 6 6 #3,131
1943 — 10 10 #2,424
1942 — 5 5 #3,585
1940 — 6 6 #3,155
1939 — 6 6 #3,132
1937 — 11 11 #2,205
1936 — 8 8 #2,643
1935 — 6 6 #3,283
1934 — 7 7 #2,994
1933 — 7 7 #3,020
1932 — 16 16 #1,860
1931 — 14 14 #2,012
1930 — 5 5 #4,034
1929 — 7 7 #3,265
1928 — 9 9 #2,861
1927 — 13 13 #2,306
1926 — 10 10 #2,733
1925 — 16 16 #2,018
1924 — 14 14 #2,241
1923 — 14 14 #2,238
1922 — 10 10 #2,819
1921 — 11 11 #2,648
1920 — 13 13 #2,348
1919 — 9 9 #2,893
1918 — 10 10 #2,712
1917 — 14 14 #2,103
1916 — 17 17 #1,778
1915 — 11 11 #2,328
1914 — 10 10 #2,121
1913 — 12 12 #1,592
1912 — 7 7 #2,065
1911 — 6 6 #1,564
1910 — 10 10 #1,061
1909 — 6 6 #1,302
1907 — 5 5 #1,367
1903 — 6 6 #1,035
1902 — 6 6 #1,032
1900 — 9 9 #920
1898 — 11 11 #679
1896 — 7 7 #916
1895 — 7 7 #902
1893 — 5 5 #1,058
1891 — 13 13 #515
1889 — 7 7 #817
1887 — 10 10 #609
1886 — 6 6 #876
1884 — 8 8 #721
1883 — 9 9 #660
1882 — 11 11 #592
1881 — 9 9 #626
1880 — 10 10 #630