How Many People Are Named Ginny?
An estimated 6,069 people in the United States have the first name Ginny. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 52 years old, and Ginny peaked in popularity in 1958 with 242 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Ginny as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Ginny paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
6,069
About 1 in 56,476 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
52
years old
Peak Year
1958
242 births
Total Registered
7,597
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Ginny
Ginny is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 7,597 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Ginny as a female name
Ranked #3,021 in 2024
54 female births in 2024
Peak: 1958 (242 births)
Ginny: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Ginny span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 1,516 babies were registered. Ginny has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Ginny by Decade
How has Ginny tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Ginny by State
Birth registrations for Ginny span all 34 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Ohio. The lowest are in District of Columbia, Colorado, Oregon. On average, about 109 Ginnys were registered per state.
Ginny + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Ginny as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Ginny
Other first names starting with G with a similar number of bearers.
Ginny: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ginny?
We estimate approximately 6,069 people named Ginny are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 56,476 Americans share this first name.
Is Ginny a common name?
Ginny is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 96.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 7,597 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Ginny most popular?
Ginny reached peak popularity in 1958, when 242 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Ginny is approximately 52 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Ginny a female name?
Ginny is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Ginny Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Ginny Smith, Ginny Johnson, Ginny Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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