Pinchus
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PIN-khus
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,449 for boys
Pinchus is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “the Nubian”. In 2025 it ranked 3,449th for boys in the US (33 babies).
What does Pinchus mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish form of Pinchas (Phinehas), probably from Egyptian
“the Nubian”
A Yiddish spelling of Pinchas, the Hebrew form of Phinehas, a priest and grandson of Aaron in the Bible.
Is Pinchus a girl's or a boy's name?
Pinchus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pinchus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,449th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33 about 1 in 52,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the US were named Pinchus, making it the 3,449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. It first appears in the records in 1979.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Pinchus of any year since it first appeared, in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Pinchus in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 60 boys in the US were given Pinchus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,972, up from #3,449 for this spelling alone.
Pinchus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
Nicknames for Pinchus
- Pinny 13 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Pinchus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Axel, Ezra, Luca, Noah, Magnus, Josue, Zion, Asher, Jonah, Parker, Thiago, Maximus
Other spellings of Pinchus
Names related to Pinchus
More Hebrew names
Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Pinchus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pinchus, updated 20 October 2026.