Ginger
Ginger is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 43 births. Its best rank was 187th, in 1971.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 430.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19711,670 births
- Best rank
- #187in 1971
- Since 1913
- 46,170people given the name
The story in the numbers
46,170 girls have been named Ginger in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 1,670 births — 0.10% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 43 births in 2024, against 1,670 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1970s alone account for 26%. It has spent 57 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Ginger | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 111 | |
| 1920s | 291 | |
| 1930s | 1,000 | |
| 1940s | 4,194 | |
| 1950s | 9,013 | |
| 1960s | 11,698 | |
| 1970s | 11,781 | |
| 1980s | 4,367 | |
| 1990s | 1,226 | |
| 2000s | 1,393 | |
| 2010s | 862 | |
| 2020s | 234 |
In 1971, its biggest year
Ginger was the 187th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1971 were Jennifer, Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. See all of 1971.
Names that rose and fell with Ginger
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Janenepeak 1970
- Janeenpeak 1970
- Wendiepeak 1970
- Yolandapeak 1969
- Cheriepeak 1970
- Charlapeak 1969
- Marcypeak 1971
- Lynettapeak 1970
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.