Tinsley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TINZ-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,109 for girls
Tinsley is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,109th for girls in the US (213 babies).
What does Tinsley mean?
English: surname from Tinsley, a place in South Yorkshire
From an English surname taken from Tinsley, a district of Sheffield in South Yorkshire.
Is Tinsley a girl's or a boy's name?
Tinsley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 213 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tinsley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,109th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 213 about 1 in 7,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 213 girls in the US were named Tinsley, making it the 1,109th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 718th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 388 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Tinsley in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 256 girls in the US were given Tinsley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #916, up from #1,109 for this spelling alone.
Tinsley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 213 | #1,109 |
| 2024 | 166 | #1,369 |
| 2023 | 254 | #1,001 |
| 2022 | 300 | #915 |
| 2021 | 301 | #900 |
| 2020 | 388 | #718 |
| 2019 | 341 | #805 |
| 2018 | 353 | #773 |
| 2017 | 324 | #838 |
| 2016 | 280 | #965 |
| 2015 | 266 | #1,007 |
| 2014 | 221 | #1,134 |
| 2013 | 224 | #1,093 |
| 2012 | 207 | #1,188 |
| 2011 | 232 | #1,061 |
| 2010 | 200 | #1,206 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,891 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2,773 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Names like Tinsley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oakley, Kinsley, Hadley, Adley, Presley, Ensley, Berkley, Henley, Journey, Paisley, Marley, Leighton
Other spellings of Tinsley
Names related to Tinsley
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Tinsley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tinsley, updated 20 October 2026.