girls:
4.3k births since 1982
#2625 (54th percentile)
boys:
88 births since 1919
#4498 (2nd percentile)
overall:
4.4k births since 1919
#4145 (46th percentile)
The name Tinsley is the #4,145 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,362 recorded births since 1919. This represents the 46.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 46.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,625 (54.1% percentile) for all time with 4,274 births since 1982. For boys, it ranks #4,498 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 88 births since 1919.
Tinsley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1919 (1919 for boys and 1982 for girls). Birth data for Tinsley is available in 49 out of the 105 years between 1919 and 2023 (37 years for girls and 15 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Tinsley has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.0% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1982, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1919 to 1981), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (99.6% girls from 1982 to 2023).
For girls, Tinsley reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 38.8% percentile (ranked #576) with 219 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 219 births per million (ranked 38.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Tinsley ranks #704 for girls (25.7% percentile) with 144 births per million, which is 65.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Tinsley reached its peak popularity in 1920, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #532) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1920, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2017.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tinsley".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Tinsley. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.2% confident that Tinsley is pronounced as TIH-nzlee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TIHN-slee, at 23.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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