Ginny
Ginny is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 54 births. Its best rank was 631st, in 1958.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 540.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1958242 births
- Best rank
- #631in 1958
- Since 1918
- 7,597people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,597 girls have been named Ginny in the United States since 1918, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1958, with 242 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1960s alone account for 20%. It has spent 34 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Ginny | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 49 | |
| 1930s | 124 | |
| 1940s | 904 | |
| 1950s | 1,401 | |
| 1960s | 1,516 | |
| 1970s | 1,409 | |
| 1980s | 1,061 | |
| 1990s | 406 | |
| 2000s | 229 | |
| 2010s | 245 | |
| 2020s | 248 |
In 1958, its biggest year
Ginny was the 631st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1958 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Patricia. See all of 1958.
Names that rose and fell with Ginny
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jolindapeak 1947
- Lanitapeak 1958
- Tonipeak 1960
- Janaleepeak 1962
- Charlapeak 1969
- Lesleepeak 1957
- Tanapeak 1962
- Shariepeak 1962
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.