Girls' name · since 1962
Ginell
16 babies named Ginell in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #48,662 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1962
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ginell sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 16 recorded since 1962.
Ginell has 16 recorded births among girls since 1962, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 1991.
- #48,662 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1962
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ginell ranks #48,662 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1962, peaking in the 1970s.
- #48,662 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1962
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ginell's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ginell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ginell splits its recorded history at 1979: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1962 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ginell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–1991
- Peak year (1979)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Ginell by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (6 births, 38% of the file).
1970s was Ginell's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Ginell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 6 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Ginell's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 1990s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ginell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1962–1991 (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 Ginell 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.