Girls' name · since 1958
Gineen
Gineen has 27 recorded births since 1958 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1966 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #42,206 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1958
- 1960s
- peak decade
Gineen is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 27 have been recorded since 1958.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gineen has been recorded 27 times among girls since 1958, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 1980.
- #42,206 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 1958
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gineen ranks #42,206 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1958, peaking in the 1960s.
- #42,206 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1958
- 1960s
- peak decade
Gineen's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gineen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Gineen splits its recorded history at 1966: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1966 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Gineen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1980
- Peak year (1966)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Gineen by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (16 births, 59% of the file).
1960s was Gineen's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Gineen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
16 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 16 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Gineen's decade-level peak was the 1960s (16 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gineen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1966)
Similar record span (~22 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1958–1980 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gineen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.