# Tinley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tinley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,663 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,663 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Probably a variant of Tenley.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 273 | 948 |
| 2012 | 259 | 976 |
| 2013 | 251 | 1,000 |
| 2014 | 236 | 1,088 |
| 2015 | 278 | 976 |
| 2016 | 358 | 795 |
| 2017 | 328 | 829 |
| 2018 | 274 | 966 |
| 2019 | 275 | 959 |
| 2020 | 206 | 1,151 |
| 2021 | 180 | 1,283 |
| 2022 | 143 | 1,517 |
| 2023 | 93 | 2,089 |
| 2024 | 79 | 2,345 |
| 2025 | 63 | 2,748 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.