Tinley

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 327 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
327
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Tinley has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2019. Lower is more popular.
#713#884#1055201520172019#959

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YearUS rank
2015#975
2016#793
2017#828
2018#966
2019#959

Tinley by the numbers

Tinley was given to 327 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 358 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Tinley

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tinley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Tinsleyfortification of a woman named Tynni328 in the US (2017)
  • Tilleytillage land; cultivated field15 in the US (2017)
  • Tenley374 in the US (2017)
  • Tinlee37 in the US (2017)
  • Tinzley9 in the US (2017)
  • Tillymighty in battle; diminutive of Matilda264 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Tinley

Names that are said the same way as Tinley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Tinley

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