Ginger

#3,296 for girls in 2025, 47 births · Last seen for boys in 1975 at #3,941
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1971 · 1,670 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
46,218
since 1913

Ginger over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ginger has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #187, 1971girls
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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
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2025#3,29647—
2024#3,51644—
2023#3,27449—
2022#3,27849—
2021#3,39046—
2020#3,28147—
2019#2,89157—
2018#2,78261—
2017#2,74462—
2016#2,96656—
2015#2,61968—
2014#2,30480—
2013#2,06493—
2012#1,807112—
2011#1,679125—
2010#1,513148—
2009#1,405168—
2008#1,664134—
2007#1,385174—
2006#1,567138—
2005#1,392154—
2004#1,528131—
2003#1,463134—
2002#1,425134—
2001#1,585117—
2000#1,617109—
1999#1,573107—
1998#1,405122—
1997#1,562103—
1996#1,57799—
1995#1,531100—
1994#1,394116—
1993#1,325126—
1992#1,138155—
1991#1,154153—
1990#1,175146—
1989#995173—
1988#824221—
1987#766235—
1986#639289—
1985#580336—
1984#476431—
1983#407528—
1982#346683—
1981#329720—
1980#324751—
1979#315758—
1978#244995—
1977#259952—
1976#2261,079—
1975#2251,076#3,9418
1974#1981,281#4,6346
1973#2021,271#4,0547
1972#2101,317#3,6228
1971#1871,670—
1970#2261,381—
1969#2351,276—
1968#2361,191#4,1365
1967#2441,161—
1966#2471,148—
1965#2571,110—
1964#2581,183#3,0508
1963#2531,225—
1962#2611,185—
1961#2801,083—
1960#2661,137—
1959#2661,091—
1958#292953—
1957#2761,005—
1956#280973—
1955#301845—
1954#290859—
1953#284860—
1952#266903—
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1950#303657—
1949#300665—
1948#317600—
1947#302684—
1946#301596—
1945#369362—
1944#398317—
1943#412313—
1942#491229—
1941#459226—
1940#474202—
1939#520165—
1938#586138—
1937#529156—
1936#469188—
1935#592120—
1934#76876—
1933#85861—
1932#1,32031—
1931#1,28732—
1930#1,32033—
1929#1,89219—
1928#1,89720—
1927#1,58727—
1926#1,41432—
1925#1,50430—
1924#1,24441—
1923#1,52029—
1922#1,73024—
1921#1,29836—
1920#1,37533—
1919#1,64924—
1918#1,60025—
1917#1,92318—
1916#2,36813—
1915#1,80018—
1914#2,6388—
1913#3,1875—
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five girls were named Ginger! It came in at #3,187, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1913, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Ginger is popular in 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedMINew York: #692 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 16,535 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #436 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,645 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedHITexas: #790 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,084 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ginger, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#436 · 1 in 3,645
  2. New York#692 · 1 in 16,535
  3. Texas#790 · 1 in 9,084

Best ever in a state: #64 in Wyoming, 1967.

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Oklahoma#43661 in 3,645
New York#69251 in 16,535
Texas#79061 in 9,084
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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 Ginger
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 220 spots since 2024 (#3,516 → #3,296)
  • 15 spots since 2020 (#3,281 → #3,296)
  • 677 spots since 2015 (#2,619 → #3,296)
  • Biggest jump: 462 spots in 1933 (#1,320 → #858)
  • Biggest drop: 180 spots in 1990 (#995 → #1,175)
Rise & fade · girls
58 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1971 at #187 (1,670 births)
  • Births halved by 1979, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1933–1989
Share of babies · girls
1 in 996
  • Highest: 1 in 996 girls born in 1971 were named Ginger (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 34,197 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 25.5% of all girls named Ginger (11,780) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s111#1,600 (1918)#2,166
1920s291#1,244 (1924)#1,546
1930s1,000#469 (1936)#825
1940s4,194#300 (1949)#382
1950s9,012#266 (1959)#283
1960s11,699#235 (1969)#254
1970s11,780#187 (1971)#229
1980s4,367#324 (1980)#569
1990s1,227#1,138 (1992)#1,383
2000s1,393#1,385 (2007)#1,503
2010s862#1,513 (2010)#2,337
2020s282#3,274 (2023)#3,339

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.

Ginger in 1933

girls
#858
61 births · 1 in 16,523 girls

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #858Ginger61
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 16,523 of them was named Ginger, which outranked 82.3% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ginger
  1. #851Dee62
  2. #851Oralia62
  3. #851Rosia62
  4. #858Ginger61
  5. #858Dean61
  6. #858Delphia61
  7. #858Jonnie61
  8. #865Adelina60
  9. #865Bridget60
  10. #865Cheryl60

Tied with 6 names at #858; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,022Rheta#1,754 → #732
  2. ↑ 930Joellen#1,877 → #947
  3. ↑ 583Veola#1,568 → #985
  4. ↑ 483Sharlene#1,162 → #679
  5. ↑ 475Louetta#1,448 → #973
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Golda#969 → #1,364
  2. ↓ 322Louis#940 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 298Bebe#899 → #1,197
  4. ↓ 291Clyde#998 → #1,289
  5. ↓ 291Mariam#998 → #1,289

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

See the top 100 for 1933 →