Ginger — #3572 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ginger

The Social Security Administration has registered 46,170 babies named Ginger between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ginger currently holds the #3572 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 1,670 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ginger performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 11,781 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Ginger shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 4,288 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Ginger in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ginger 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 46,170 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.