Pinkney is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Pinkney is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1958. Pinkney was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1916 (17 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 6 | — | #3,835 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | #4,412 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | #3,455 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | #4,260 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #4,232 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | #3,288 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | #3,613 |
| 1948 | 9 | — | #2,748 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #3,238 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | #3,357 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | #2,523 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | #3,937 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | #3,381 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | #3,399 |
| 1937 | 11 | — | #2,304 |
| 1936 | 8 | — | #2,801 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | #3,564 |
| 1934 | 7 | — | #3,210 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | #3,214 |
| 1932 | 16 | — | #1,904 |
| 1931 | 14 | — | #2,077 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | #4,426 |
| 1929 | 7 | — | #3,469 |
| 1928 | 9 | — | #3,020 |
| 1927 | 13 | — | #2,384 |
| 1926 | 10 | — | #2,864 |
| 1925 | 16 | — | #2,063 |
| 1924 | 14 | — | #2,323 |
| 1923 | 14 | — | #2,306 |
| 1922 | 10 | — | #2,957 |
| 1921 | 11 | — | #2,760 |
| 1920 | 13 | — | #2,426 |
| 1919 | 9 | — | #3,065 |
| 1918 | 10 | — | #2,840 |
| 1917 | 14 | — | #2,166 |
| 1916 | 17 | — | #1,828 |
| 1915 | 11 | — | #2,417 |
| 1914 | 10 | — | #2,234 |
| 1913 | 12 | — | #1,655 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | #2,220 |
| 1911 | 6 | — | #1,693 |
| 1910 | 10 | — | #1,100 |
| 1909 | 6 | — | #1,411 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | #1,498 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | #1,101 |
| 1902 | 6 | — | #1,110 |
| 1900 | 9 | — | #955 |
| 1898 | 11 | — | #696 |
| 1896 | 7 | — | #959 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | #960 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,150 |
| 1891 | 13 | — | #520 |
| 1889 | 7 | — | #866 |
| 1887 | 10 | — | #621 |
| 1886 | 6 | — | #937 |
| 1884 | 8 | — | #745 |
| 1883 | 9 | — | #670 |
| 1882 | 11 | — | #601 |
| 1881 | 9 | — | #640 |
| 1880 | 10 | — | #629 |