Tinker is a very rare name used for both girls and boys that was most common in the 1950s and has all but disappeared.
Tinker is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1961. Tinker was first reported in SSA data in 1954 and peaked in 1955 (5 births).
Girls named Tinker per year · hover for count and girls rank · Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1954–1961 · U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–1961) · SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here
Boys named Tinker
Boys named Tinker per year · hover for count and boys rank · Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1954–1961 · U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–1961) · SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here