Gina
Gina was the 2085th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 90 babies. Its best year was 1967, when it ranked 54th with 6,358 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 131 places. More babies were named Gina in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Meaning short form of Georgina, Regina and others · Italian, English, Latin
Say it JEE-nuh /ˈdʒinə/
- Rank in 2025
- #2,085 girls, down 473 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 90girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19676,358 babies
- Total since 1880
- 153,461babies recorded
What does the name Gina mean?
Gina is a short form of names ending in -gina, chiefly Georgina (feminine of George, Greek geōrgos 'farmer') and Regina (Latin 'queen'), and in Italian of Luigina and others, as Wiktionary notes. The Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida (born Luigia) made it popular in the US in the 1950s and 1960s.
rēgīna (Latin, “queen”)γεωργός (geōrgos) (Ancient Greek, “farmer”)
How sure is this? Well established. The full name behind a given Gina varies.
Related names: Georgina, Regina, Luigina, Gena.
See also: Italian names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Gina', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Regina', DMNES (Durham University)
Gina popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 404 since 1959.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,085 | 90 |
| 2020 | #1,612 | 130 |
| 2010 | #1,169 | 208 |
| 2000 | #356 | 855 |
| 1990 | #139 | 2,210 |
| 1980 | #100 | 2,991 |
| 1970 | #61 | 5,874 |
| 1960 | #128 | 3,567 |
| 1950 | #620 | 185 |
| 1940 | #1,158 | 40 |
| 1930 | #1,330 | 33 |
| 1920 | #1,360 | 34 |
| 1910 | #2,252 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,816 | 6 |
| 1890 | #773 | 13 |
| 1880 | #701 | 7 |
How popular is Gina, counting every spelling?
Gina is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,731 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,085 for Gina on its own. Together these spellings went to 101 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gina | 90 | #2,085 | 508 |
| Ginna | 11 | #9,063 | 61 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Gina?
90 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Gina (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Gina born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 93 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Gina.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Gina?
About 139,400 people born in the US named Gina are alive today, with a median age of 54; half are between 42 and 61. That makes Gina mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Gina by state
How common Gina was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (2.1×), California (1.6×), Florida (1.6×). In 41 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Gina: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Gina, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Gina · Sibling names for Gina
Gina is also a nickname for Regina, Georgina and Eugenia.
Questions about the name Gina
What does Gina mean?
Gina means “short form of Georgina, Regina and others” (Italian, English, Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Gina?
Gina was the 2085th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 90 babies. Its best year was 1967, when it ranked 54th with 6,358 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 131 places. More babies were named Gina in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Gina a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Gina in the US.
Where is Gina most popular?
In 2021–2025, Gina was most common in New York (0.13 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Florida.