How rare is the name Ginny?

6,417 people in the United States have the first name Ginny, about 1 in 47,067. It ranks #3,312 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

GINNY

#3,312

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,417
About
1 in 47,067
This common or more
82.1%
Who bears it

Of the 6,417 people named Ginny, 82.3% reported their origin as White, 7.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ginny peaked in 1958, when 242 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19182025
Peak year
1958
Births that year
242
In 2025*
48 ▼80%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,648 babies have been given the name since 1918. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ginny by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,411. The largest share of babies named Ginny, 38%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#11,6155
1920s#7,58249
1930s#4,140124
1940s#1,474904
1950s#1,4111,401
1960s#1,4311,517
1970s#1,5961,409
1980s#2,1031,061
1990s#4,917406
2000s#9,180229
2010s#9,194245
2020s#5,661298
Greatest Generation 1901–270.5%
Silent Generation 1928–457.2%
Baby boom 1946–6438%
Generation X 1965–8026.9%
Millennials 1981–9616.3%
Generation Z 1997–124.9%
2013 and later6.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ginny is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ginny has been most common in Ohio (2×), California (1.7×), and Texas (1.6×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.43×).

3,725 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Ginny

1 other first name also has 6,417 people.

#3,312 Teodoro · 6,417

Either side of Ginny

#3,309 Nathalia · 6,429#3,311 Angeles · 6,425#3,312 Teodoro · 6,417#3,314 Zaida · 6,404

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ginny, most common first.

#11,104 Ginna · 1,172#20,543 Gianny · 502#27,970 Ginni · 324

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