Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ginny

#1,909 most common girls' name of all time · #3,274 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1918–2025

Rank among girls
#1,909
Rank overall
#3,274 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
102 of 146
All-time
7,648
Since 2016
406
Peak year
1958 #632
Best rank
#632 1958
Girls Boys peak 242/yr
192019401960198020002020

Ginny first appears in 1918. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 48 48 #3,264
2024 54 54 #3,019
2023 64 64 #2,709
2022 59 59 #2,867
2021 38 38 #3,897
2020 35 35 #4,023
2019 32 32 #4,359
2018 26 26 #5,032
2017 27 27 #4,942
2016 23 23 #5,657
2015 21 21 #6,067
2014 30 30 #4,674
2013 21 21 #6,059
2012 18 18 #6,918
2011 26 26 #5,236
2010 21 21 #6,215
2009 22 22 #6,113
2008 32 32 #4,659
2007 26 26 #5,396
2006 33 33 #4,374
2005 17 17 #6,860
2004 19 19 #6,261
2003 18 18 #6,336
2002 20 20 #5,708
2001 18 18 #6,105
2000 24 24 #4,830
1999 29 29 #3,990
1998 28 28 #4,046
1997 22 22 #4,688
1996 27 27 #3,971
1995 30 30 #3,602
1994 43 43 #2,808
1993 41 41 #2,900
1992 56 56 #2,329
1991 60 60 #2,194
1990 70 70 #1,955
1989 59 59 #2,102
1988 76 76 #1,690
1987 65 65 #1,798
1986 93 93 #1,384
1985 103 103 #1,300
1984 108 108 #1,210
1983 116 116 #1,146
1982 149 149 #992
1981 148 148 #988
1980 144 144 #1,009
1979 155 155 #948
1978 145 145 #960
1977 142 142 #973
1976 128 128 #995
1975 138 138 #929
1974 137 137 #921
1973 138 138 #905
1972 147 147 #871
1971 154 154 #871
1970 125 125 #1,004
1969 98 98 #1,120
1968 100 100 #1,048
1967 105 105 #1,001
1966 92 92 #1,100
1965 113 113 #970
1964 173 173 #791
1963 196 196 #733
1962 200 200 #734
1961 210 210 #719
1960 230 230 #669
1959 233 233 #658
1958 242 242 #632
1957 229 229 #650
1956 122 122 #912
1955 98 98 #1,016
1954 102 102 #962
1953 97 97 #973
1952 108 108 #891
1951 95 95 #956
1950 75 75 #1,071
1949 81 81 #1,004
1948 132 132 #736
1947 135 135 #738
1946 147 147 #654
1945 119 119 #687
1944 80 80 #854
1943 75 75 #900
1942 65 65 #978
1941 43 43 #1,147
1940 27 27 #1,507
1939 12 12 #2,558
1938 22 22 #1,700
1937 13 13 #2,427
1936 14 14 #2,247
1935 14 14 #2,290
1934 10 10 #2,891
1933 15 15 #2,154
1932 15 15 #2,221
1930 9 9 #3,298
1929 6 6 #4,450
1928 11 11 #2,936
1927 10 10 #3,259
1926 5 5 #5,388
1924 10 10 #3,377
1923 7 7 #4,312
1918 5 5 #5,429