Tinley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TIN-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,719 for girls
Tinley is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,719th for girls in the US (63 babies).
Where does Tinley come from?
Modern: probably a variant of Tinsley or a rhyme on Finley
Is Tinley a girl's or a boy's name?
Tinley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 63 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tinley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,719th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 63 about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 63 girls in the US were named Tinley, making it the 2,719th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,149th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 358 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Tinley than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Tinley in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 88 girls in the US were given Tinley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,855, up from #2,719 for this spelling alone.
Tinley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #2,719 |
| 2024 | 79 | #2,327 |
| 2023 | 93 | #2,076 |
| 2022 | 143 | #1,515 |
| 2021 | 180 | #1,280 |
| 2020 | 206 | #1,149 |
| 2019 | 275 | #958 |
| 2018 | 274 | #964 |
| 2017 | 328 | #829 |
| 2016 | 358 | #794 |
| 2015 | 278 | #972 |
| 2014 | 236 | #1,085 |
| 2013 | 251 | #996 |
| 2012 | 259 | #976 |
| 2011 | 273 | #945 |
| 2010 | 178 | #1,317 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
Names like Tinley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wrenley, Brynlee, Kensley, Finley, Haisley, Braelynn, Kinley, Kaisley, Oakley, Lakelynn, Teagan, Oaklynn
Other spellings of Tinley
Names related to Tinley
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Mya, Ailani
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, “Tinley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tinley, updated 20 October 2026.