Girls' name · since 1945
Ginni
Since 1945, U.S. Social Security records show 199 babies named Ginni, peaking in 1974. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,854 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 199
- born since 1945
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ginni sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 199 recorded since 1945.
Social Security Administration records show Ginni recorded 199 times among girls since 1945, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 1990.
- #19,854 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 199 born since 1945
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ginni ranks #19,854 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 199 born since 1945, peaking in the 1970s.
- #19,854 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 199
- born since 1945
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ginni's 199 recorded births place it above 72.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ginni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ginni splits its recorded history at 1971: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1945 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1974 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ginni popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–1990
- Peak year (1974)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Ginni by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (62 births, 31% of the file).
1970s was Ginni's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Ginni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s
1950s
34 births
- 1960s
1960s
41 births
- 1970s
1970s
62 births
- 1980s
1980s
46 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 62 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Ginni's decade-level peak was the 1970s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- 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 Ginni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1945–1990 (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 Ginni 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.