Ginny

#3,249 for girls in 2025, 48 births

Peak · girls
1958 · 242 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,648
since 1918

Ginny over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ginny has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #631, 1958girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,24948
2024#3,01354
2023#2,70464
2022#2,85659
2021#3,88338
2020#4,00535
2019#4,34332
2018#5,00726
2017#4,92227
2016#5,62223
2015#6,03621
2014#4,65730
2013#6,01721
2012#6,87218
2011#5,20726
2010#6,18221
2009#6,09122
2008#4,64732
2007#5,37726
2006#4,35833
2005#6,82017
2004#6,21619
2003#6,29918
2002#5,67320
2001#6,06718
2000#4,79124
1999#3,97029
1998#4,02328
1997#4,66022
1996#3,94227
1995#3,58530
1994#2,79743
1993#2,88241
1992#2,31856
1991#2,18960
1990#1,95270
1989#2,09659
1988#1,68676
1987#1,79265
1986#1,38093
1985#1,297103
1984#1,205108
1983#1,144116
1982#988149
1981#987148
1980#1,009144
1979#948155
1978#958145
1977#971142
1976#992128
1975#929138
1974#920137
1973#904138
1972#870147
1971#870154
1970#997125
1969#1,11798
1968#1,042100
1967#997105
1966#1,09692
1965#966113
1964#786173
1963#732196
1962#729200
1961#715210
1960#669230
1959#656233
1958#631242
1957#648229
1956#908122
1955#1,01098
1954#958102
1953#96897
1952#887108
1951#95295
1950#1,06475
1949#1,00081
1948#734132
1947#737135
1946#651147
1945#680119
1944#85080
1943#89875
1942#96865
1941#1,13343
1940#1,47727
1939#2,41712
1938#1,65022
1937#2,31713
1936#2,15314
1935#2,20614
1934#2,74110
1933#2,05215
1932#2,13015
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1930#3,0559
1929#4,0536
1928#2,76811
1927#3,05310
1926#4,8515
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1923#3,9717
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five girls were named Ginny! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Ginny is popular in 1951

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedMINew York: #828 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 18,714 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedINOhio: #771 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 18,269 girlsOHPennsylvania: #766 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 18,082 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #693 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 10,077 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #437 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,740 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedALGeorgia: #573 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,583 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ginny, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#437 · 1 in 4,740
  2. Georgia#573 · 1 in 8,583
  3. California#693 · 1 in 10,077
  4. Pennsylvania#766 · 1 in 18,082
  5. Ohio#771 · 1 in 18,269

Best ever in a state: #276 in Nebraska, 1981.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#43761 in 4,740
Georgia#57351 in 8,583
California#693121 in 10,077
Pennsylvania#76661 in 18,082
Ohio#77151 in 18,269
New York#82881 in 18,714
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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 Ginny
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 236 spots since 2024 (#3,013 → #3,249)
  • 756 spots since 2020 (#4,005 → #3,249)
  • 2,787 spots since 2015 (#6,036 → #3,249)
  • Biggest jump: 260 spots in 1957 (#908 → #648)
  • Biggest drop: 266 spots in 1949 (#734 → #1,000)
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1958 at #631 (242 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1956–1965
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,312
  • Highest: 1 in 8,312 girls born in 1958 were named Ginny (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 33,485 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 19.8% of all girls named Ginny (1,517) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,809 (1918)#4,809
1920s49#2,768 (1928)#3,640
1930s124#1,650 (1938)#2,302
1940s904#651 (1946)#913
1950s1,401#631 (1958)#868
1960s1,517#669 (1960)#885
1970s1,409#870 (1971)#936
1980s1,061#987 (1981)#1,358
1990s406#1,952 (1990)#3,232
2000s229#4,358 (2006)#5,634
2010s245#4,343 (2019)#5,487
2020s298#2,704 (2023)#3,285

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.

Ginny in 1951

girls
#952
95 births · 1 in 18,956 girls

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #952Ginny95
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 18,956 of them was named Ginny, which outranked 84.7% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ginny
  1. #945Rosann96
  2. #945Roselyn96
  3. #945Zoe96
  4. #952Ginny95
  5. #952Elyse95
  6. #952Joetta95
  7. #952Lavern95
  8. #957Erica94
  9. #957Esmeralda94
  10. #957Richard94

Tied with 4 names at #952; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. ↑ 345Rhona#1,333 → #988
  2. ↑ 307Bobbi#1,153 → #846
  3. ↑ 296Ricki#1,090 → #794
  4. ↑ 295Mindy#771 → #476
  5. ↑ 288Sharleen#1,053 → #765
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Sharman#668 → #1,063
  2. ↓ 343Manuela#773 → #1,116
  3. ↓ 294Allie#945 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 253Merrie#937 → #1,190
  5. ↓ 252Olive#891 → #1,143

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

See the top 100 for 1951 →