Fun Facts About the Name Pinny
- 57 babies named Pinny: U.S. records list 57 babies given the name Pinny from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Pinny Mean?
Pinny is most often a pet form of the Hebrew name Pinchas (פִּינְחָס), known in English Bibles as Phinehas. The name Pinchas has no certain meaning. A traditional explanation connects it with Hebrew peh ("mouth") and nechoshet ("copper" or "brass"), giving "mouth of brass," but that is a later interpretive gloss rather than a secure etymology. Some scholars instead treat Pinchas as an Egyptian name meaning "the Nubian" or "dark-skinned," though that derivation is also disputed. Pinny therefore has no independent meaning apart from the uncertain meaning of Pinchas.
Pinny Name History & Origins
Pinchas is the Hebrew name of Aaron's grandson, the son of Eleazar, in the Hebrew Bible. In Numbers 25 he stops a plague among the Israelites and receives a covenant of peace and a perpetual priesthood, which gave the name a lasting religious association in Jewish communities. The English Bible form of the name is Phinehas. Pinny is a familiar form used in English-speaking Jewish communities: it adds the English diminutive ending -y to Pinchas, and it corresponds to the Yiddish pet form Pinye. Its identity is derivative from Pinchas rather than an independent biblical name.
How Popular is the Name Pinny?
Pinny has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #6,715 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,715 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #7,124 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #7,621 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #13,586 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #13,610 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #13,752 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Pinny Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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