Ginette — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ginette

The Social Security Administration has registered 881 babies named Ginette between 1940 and 2019, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ginette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ginette performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 204 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Ginette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 74 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Ginette in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ginette in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 881 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.