Gina

#2,076 for girls in 2025, 90 births · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #6,128
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1967 · 6,358 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
18 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
153,057
since 1880

Gina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #54, 1967girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,07690—
2024#2,01197—
2023#1,762116—
2022#1,97499—
2021#1,871106—
2020#1,608130—
2019#1,716121—
2018#1,799113—
2017#1,703125—
2016#1,799115—
2015#1,950103—
2014#1,454155—
2013#1,546141—
2012#1,359172—
2011#1,402163—
2010#1,165208—
2009#1,015260—
2008#854327—
2007#807355—
2006#708403—
2005#596476—
2004#575494—
2003#465641—
2002#413701—
2001#390749—
2000#356855—
1999#3091,001—
1998#2981,016—
1997#2551,151—
1996#2341,190—
1995#2071,401—
1994#1941,525—
1993#1741,715—
1992#1651,839#6,1288
1991#1601,834#7,2716
1990#1392,210#5,8238
1989#1412,169#5,1659
1988#1422,025#4,45010
1987#1232,269#3,73112
1986#1192,362#4,4579
1985#1132,480#4,05210
1984#1092,569#3,92510
1983#1212,416#3,63011
1982#1242,382#6,3855
1981#1062,798#4,9617
1980#1002,991#2,44420
1979#963,116#3,01814
1978#933,220#2,66916
1977#883,231#3,03713
1976#943,010—
1975#843,431#3,6599
1974#843,560#3,31810
1973#833,699#2,21618
1972#784,057#1,72126
1971#694,922#1,86223
1970#615,874#1,98920
1969#635,911#2,21715
1968#586,045#1,78820
1967#546,358#2,13914
1966#586,356#2,04315
1965#705,267#2,36612
1964#795,230#2,66510
1963#795,337#2,53911
1962#1024,424#2,50411
1961#1173,876#2,53811
1960#1283,567#3,6656
1959#1353,223#3,9885
1958#1452,819—
1957#1792,107—
1956#1811,961—
1955#1791,840—
1954#285888—
1953#432410—
1952#462334—
1951#580217—
1950#619185—
1949#658162—
1948#596196—
1947#624181—
1946#786109—
1945#79989—
1944#1,12948—
1943#1,03659—
1942#1,03757—
1941#1,16641—
1940#1,15040—
1939#1,19437—
1938#1,23135—
1937#1,14439—
1936#1,32130—
1935#1,21934—
1934#1,48125—
1933#1,60622—
1932#1,38229—
1931#1,17537—
1930#1,32033—
1929#1,70422—
1928#1,63725—
1927#1,61926—
1926#1,30336—
1925#1,89121—
1924#1,56629—
1923#1,49030—
1922#1,61127—
1921#1,40933—
1920#1,34934—
1919#1,92119—
1918#1,80521—
1917#1,99617—
1916#1,35729—
1915#2,14314—
1914#1,26224—
1913#1,60114—
1912#1,29717—
1911#2,1916—
1910#2,1406—
1909#1,6078—
1908——
1907——
1906#1,7276—
1905——
1904——
1903#1,5926—
1902#1,5946—
1901#1,4666—
1900#1,7236—
1899#1,0999—
1898——
1897#1,1678—
1896#1,04710—
1895#1,5925—
1894#74416—
1893#95510—
1892#90811—
1891#1,2136—
1890#75813—
1889——
1888#1,0367—
1887#9377—
1886#1,1085—
1885#69510—
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1883#6519—
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1880#6797—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Gina was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Gina is popular in 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Gina, so not publishedAKMaine: #147 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 739 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Gina, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #138 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 670 girlsNHWashington: #122 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 560 girlsWAIdaho: #235 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,114 girlsIDMontana: #96 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 366 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #165 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 724 girlsNDMinnesota: #65 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 298 girlsMNIllinois: #62 for girls · 235 births · 1 in 302 girlsILWisconsin: #59 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 271 girlsWIMichigan: #114 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 523 girlsMINew York: #57 for girls · 329 births · 1 in 299 girlsNYMassachusetts: #61 for girls · 108 births · 1 in 275 girlsMARhode Island: #58 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 226 girlsRIOregon: #112 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 498 girlsORNevada: #73 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 276 girlsNVWyoming: #133 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 488 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #80 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 327 girlsSDIowa: #92 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 387 girlsIAIndiana: #127 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 633 girlsINOhio: #97 for girls · 148 births · 1 in 466 girlsOHPennsylvania: #75 for girls · 188 births · 1 in 351 girlsPANew Jersey: #47 for girls · 158 births · 1 in 230 girlsNJConnecticut: #59 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 273 girlsCTCalifornia: #53 for girls · 497 births · 1 in 309 girlsCAUtah: #83 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 379 girlsUTColorado: #93 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 376 girlsCONebraska: #68 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 281 girlsNEMissouri: #105 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 511 girlsMOKentucky: #138 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 683 girlsKYWest Virginia: #170 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 786 girlsWVVirginia: #189 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 960 girlsVAMaryland: #111 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 493 girlsMDDelaware: #119 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 463 girlsDEArizona: #79 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 364 girlsAZNew Mexico: #105 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 431 girlsNMKansas: #111 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 498 girlsKSArkansas: #131 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 599 girlsARTennessee: #167 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 796 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #136 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 622 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #224 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,066 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #118 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 425 girlsDCOklahoma: #123 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 586 girlsOKLouisiana: #136 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 625 girlsLAMississippi: #304 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,534 girlsMSAlabama: #143 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 640 girlsALGeorgia: #216 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,075 girlsGAHawaii: #119 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 455 girlsHITexas: #127 for girls · 165 births · 1 in 627 girlsTXFlorida: #122 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 543 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#47 · 1 in 230
  2. California#53 · 1 in 309
  3. New York#57 · 1 in 299
  4. Rhode Island#58 · 1 in 226
  5. Wisconsin#59 · 1 in 271

Best ever in a state: #26 in Nevada, 1967.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#471581 in 230
California#534971 in 309
New York#573291 in 299
Rhode Island#58191 in 226
Connecticut#59521 in 273
Wisconsin#591071 in 271
Massachusetts#611081 in 275
Illinois#622351 in 302
Minnesota#65891 in 298
Nebraska#68351 in 281
Nevada#73121 in 276
Pennsylvania#751881 in 351
Arizona#79451 in 364
South Dakota#80131 in 327
Utah#83401 in 379
Iowa#92481 in 387
Colorado#93461 in 376
Montana#96121 in 366
Ohio#971481 in 466
Missouri#105601 in 511
New Mexico#105191 in 431
Kansas#111271 in 498
Maryland#111371 in 493
Oregon#112311 in 498
Michigan#1141101 in 523
District of Columbia#118131 in 425
Delaware#11961 in 463
Hawaii#119101 in 455
Florida#122811 in 543
Washington#122411 in 560
Oklahoma#123291 in 586
Indiana#127551 in 633
Texas#1271651 in 627
Arkansas#131211 in 599
Wyoming#13351 in 488
Louisiana#136441 in 625
North Carolina#136521 in 622
Kentucky#138351 in 683
New Hampshire#13871 in 670
Alabama#143341 in 640
Maine#14781 in 739
North Dakota#16561 in 724
Tennessee#167351 in 796
West Virginia#170151 in 786
Virginia#189291 in 960
Georgia#216301 in 1,075
South Carolina#224161 in 1,066
Idaho#23561 in 1,114
Mississippi#304101 in 1,534
Alaska———
Vermont———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Gina
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 65 spots since 2024 (#2,011 → #2,076)
  • 468 spots since 2020 (#1,608 → #2,076)
  • 126 spots since 2015 (#1,950 → #2,076)
  • Biggest jump: 330 spots in 1945 (#1,129 → #799)
  • Biggest drop: 848 spots in 1895 (#744 → #1,592)
Rise & fade · girls
87 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1967 at #54 (6,358 births)
  • Births halved by 1976, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 18 yrs · run 1963–1980
  • Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1945–2008
Share of babies · girls
1 in 260
  • Highest: 1 in 260 girls born in 1967 were named Gina (0.39%)
  • Latest: 1 in 17,859 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 34.2% of all girls named Gina (52,371) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s45#651 (1883)#851
1890s88#744 (1894)#1,054
1900s38#1,466 (1901)#1,618
1910s167#1,262 (1914)#1,771
1920s283#1,303 (1926)#1,558
1930s321#1,144 (1937)#1,307
1940s982#596 (1948)#898
1950s13,984#135 (1959)#320
1960s52,371#54 (1967)#81
1970s38,120#61 (1970)#83
1980s24,461#100 (1980)#120
1990s14,882#139 (1990)#214
2000s5,261#356 (2000)#618
2010s1,416#1,165 (2010)#1,589
2020s638#1,608 (2020)#1,884

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Gina in 1978

girls
#93
3,220 births · 1 in 476 girls
boys
#2,669
16 births · 1 in 102,615 boys

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #93Gina3,220

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #2,669Gina16
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 476 of them was named Gina, which outranked 99.2% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gina
  1. #90Katie3,426
  2. #91Sabrina3,350
  3. #92Valerie3,299
  4. #93Gina3,220
  5. #94Cheryl3,167
  6. #95Lindsay3,123
  7. #96Mandy3,110
Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,240Aja#4,652 → #412
  2. ↑ 1,987Kiley#2,606 → #619
  3. ↑ 1,951Kylee#2,838 → #887
  4. ↑ 1,785Winter#2,780 → #995
  5. ↑ 1,620Kylie#2,026 → #406
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Shalon#868 → #1,781
  2. ↓ 760Farah#854 → #1,614
  3. ↓ 519Tennille#462 → #981
  4. ↓ 398Shawnte#740 → #1,138
  5. ↓ 362Farrah#177 → #539

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 102,615 of them was named Gina, which outranked 60.5% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gina
  1. #2,568Yarnell17
  2. #2,568Yves17
  3. #2,568Zakary17
  4. #2,669Gina16
  5. #2,669Alexi16
  6. #2,669Alvino16
  7. #2,669Ana16
  8. #2,799Aloysius15
  9. #2,799Alpha15
  10. #2,799Americo15

Tied with 129 names at #2,669; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,237Dequan#4,164 → #927
  2. ↑ 626Nicholaus#1,367 → #741
  3. ↑ 617Nicklaus#1,515 → #898
  4. ↑ 578Zebulon#1,476 → #898
  5. ↑ 424Anwar#1,121 → #697
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Kinte#834 → #1,508
  2. ↓ 668Kunta#572 → #1,240
  3. ↓ 417Telly#732 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 415Lesley#937 → #1,352
  5. ↓ 310Amin#904 → #1,214

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1978 →