Ginny
Ginny was the 3268th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 48 babies. Its best year was 1958, when it ranked 631st with 242 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,840 places. More babies were named Ginny in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,268 girls, up 773 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 48girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1958242 babies
- Total since 1880
- 7,648babies recorded
Ginny popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,268 | 48 |
| 2020 | #4,041 | 35 |
| 2010 | #6,256 | 21 |
| 2000 | #4,849 | 24 |
| 1990 | #1,959 | 70 |
| 1980 | #1,009 | 144 |
| 1970 | #999 | 125 |
| 1960 | #669 | 230 |
| 1950 | #1,066 | 75 |
| 1940 | #1,490 | 27 |
| 1930 | #3,161 | 9 |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Ginny, counting every spelling?
Ginny is the most common spelling of a name family that had 48 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 48 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ginny | 48 | #3,268 | 263 |
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 Ginny?
48 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ginny (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Ginny 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 175 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ginny.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Ginny?
About 6,500 people born in the US named Ginny are alive today, with a median age of 55; half are between 42 and 67. That makes Ginny 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.
Ginny by state
How common Ginny was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 44 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 Ginny: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Ginny, they share its era and feel.
Ginny is also a nickname for Virginia.
Questions about the name Ginny
How popular is the name Ginny?
Ginny was the 3268th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 48 babies. Its best year was 1958, when it ranked 631st with 242 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,840 places. More babies were named Ginny in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Ginny a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Ginny in the US.
Where is Ginny most popular?
In 2021–2025, Ginny was most common in Iowa (0.09 per 1,000 girls), followed by Utah and Michigan.