Ginger
Ginger was given to 47 girls in 2025, #3,307 among girls’ names; 46,260 Americans have been recorded with it since 1913 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 39,100 Americans named Ginger and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (85% of everyone recorded); the median is 57 years old and half are between 49 and 67.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ginger by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ginger mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Ginger is “a female given name from English and nickname. Popularized by actress Ginger Rogers”
Also “a given name for animals having ginger- or orange-coloured fur or feathers.”
A diminutive of Virginia; also a nickname for someone or something with ginger-coloured hair.
/ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ginger?
#3,307 among girls’ names, 2025
Ginger fell from #2,630 in 2015 to #3,307 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 38.1 to 29.2 per million.
1,670 babies in 1971, the peak
Ginger peaked in 1971, when 1,670 girls were given it, #187 among girls’ names. The 47 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,307 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,534 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 49 | #3,290 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 49 | #3,288 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 46 | #3,408 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 47 | #3,302 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,900 | 0.03 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,793 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,758 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 56 | #2,984 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (113)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 68 | #2,630 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 80 | #2,311 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 93 | #2,070 | 0.05 |
| 2012 | 112 | #1,813 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 125 | #1,685 | 0.07 |
| 2010 | 148 | #1,516 | 0.08 |
| 2009 | 168 | #1,406 | 0.09 |
| 2008 | 134 | #1,667 | 0.07 |
| 2007 | 174 | #1,385 | 0.09 |
| 2006 | 138 | #1,568 | 0.07 |
| 2005 | 154 | #1,397 | 0.08 |
| 2004 | 131 | #1,529 | 0.07 |
| 2003 | 134 | #1,462 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 134 | #1,427 | 0.07 |
| 2001 | 117 | #1,588 | 0.06 |
| 2000 | 109 | #1,621 | 0.06 |
| 1999 | 107 | #1,574 | 0.06 |
| 1998 | 122 | #1,404 | 0.07 |
| 1997 | 103 | #1,564 | 0.06 |
| 1996 | 99 | #1,576 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 100 | #1,529 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 116 | #1,393 | 0.06 |
| 1993 | 126 | #1,327 | 0.07 |
| 1992 | 155 | #1,138 | 0.08 |
| 1991 | 153 | #1,152 | 0.08 |
| 1990 | 146 | #1,173 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 173 | #994 | 0.09 |
| 1988 | 221 | #826 | 0.12 |
| 1987 | 235 | #766 | 0.14 |
| 1986 | 289 | #640 | 0.17 |
| 1985 | 336 | #580 | 0.20 |
| 1984 | 431 | #476 | 0.26 |
| 1983 | 528 | #407 | 0.32 |
| 1982 | 683 | #346 | 0.40 |
| 1981 | 720 | #329 | 0.43 |
| 1980 | 751 | #324 | 0.45 |
| 1979 | 758 | #315 | 0.47 |
| 1978 | 995 | #245 | 0.65 |
| 1977 | 952 | #259 | 0.62 |
| 1976 | 1,079 | #226 | 0.74 |
| 1975 | 1,076 | #225 | 0.74 |
| 1974 | 1,281 | #198 | 0.87 |
| 1973 | 1,271 | #202 | 0.87 |
| 1972 | 1,317 | #210 | 0.87 |
| 1971 | 1,670 | #187 | 1.0 |
| 1970 | 1,381 | #226 | 0.79 |
| 1969 | 1,276 | #235 | 0.76 |
| 1968 | 1,191 | #236 | 0.73 |
| 1967 | 1,161 | #244 | 0.70 |
| 1966 | 1,148 | #247 | 0.68 |
| 1965 | 1,110 | #257 | 0.63 |
| 1964 | 1,183 | #258 | 0.62 |
| 1963 | 1,225 | #253 | 0.64 |
| 1962 | 1,185 | #261 | 0.60 |
| 1961 | 1,083 | #280 | 0.54 |
| 1960 | 1,137 | #266 | 0.56 |
| 1959 | 1,091 | #266 | 0.54 |
| 1958 | 953 | #292 | 0.47 |
| 1957 | 1,005 | #276 | 0.49 |
| 1956 | 973 | #280 | 0.48 |
| 1955 | 845 | #301 | 0.43 |
| 1954 | 859 | #290 | 0.44 |
| 1953 | 860 | #284 | 0.46 |
| 1952 | 903 | #266 | 0.49 |
| 1951 | 866 | #267 | 0.48 |
| 1950 | 657 | #303 | 0.38 |
| 1949 | 665 | #300 | 0.39 |
| 1948 | 600 | #317 | 0.35 |
| 1947 | 684 | #302 | 0.39 |
| 1946 | 596 | #301 | 0.38 |
| 1945 | 362 | #369 | 0.28 |
| 1944 | 317 | #398 | 0.24 |
| 1943 | 313 | #412 | 0.22 |
| 1942 | 229 | #492 | 0.17 |
| 1941 | 226 | #460 | 0.19 |
| 1940 | 202 | #475 | 0.18 |
| 1939 | 165 | #520 | 0.15 |
| 1938 | 138 | #587 | 0.13 |
| 1937 | 156 | #529 | 0.15 |
| 1936 | 188 | #469 | 0.18 |
| 1935 | 120 | #595 | 0.11 |
| 1934 | 76 | #769 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 61 | #860 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 31 | #1,330 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 32 | #1,301 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,331 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,908 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,926 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 27 | #1,595 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,427 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 30 | #1,518 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 41 | #1,251 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 29 | #1,537 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,749 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,316 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 33 | #1,389 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,668 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,618 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,947 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,423 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,830 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,736 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,389 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Ginger a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ginger has been given almost only to girls: 42 boys in 113 years of records.
Girls and boys named Ginger: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ginger, and how old are they?
39,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 85% of the 46,260 Americans ever recorded as Ginger. The median Ginger alive today is 57 years old; half are between 49 and 67.
The 2020 Census counted 37,956 people named Ginger (37,882 women and girls, 74 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 40,900 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,120 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 13,700 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 17,100 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,370 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,090 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 754 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ginger born?
The states with the most babies named Ginger are Texas, California and North Carolina, with 25% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 4,288 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| California | 3,892 | #2,583 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 2,163 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Tennessee | 2,053 | not ranked | 2.0× |
| Georgia | 2,005 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Ohio | 1,846 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Alabama | 1,741 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Illinois | 1,680 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Florida | 1,382 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,313 | #1,288 | 0.5× |
Where Ginger is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ginger is most over-represented in Tennessee: since 1913 it was given 2.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ginger with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ginger
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ginger and names like it
- Compare Ginger and JaneneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sGinger peaked in 1971.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ginger since 1910.
- English namesWiktionary’s origin for Ginger: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1971The year the most babies were named Ginger.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Ginger alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with GMost given first.