Tinsley

Girl name

Tinsley has been given to 4,747 babies in the U.S. since 1919. It peaked in 2020.

Meaning & origin

From the unattested Old English personal name *Tynni + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) API.

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

4,747

Peak year

2020 (388 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1919

10-year trend

▼ -20%

Gender split

98% girls / 2% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Tinsley.

4,757 babies since 1912

4,731 babies since 1915

4,780 babies since 1985

4,780 babies since 2011

4,789 babies since 1941

4,798 babies since 1962

4,689 babies since 1997

4,806 babies since 1956

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