Jinger — #13646 US girls' name
507 babies named Jinger in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Jinger was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Jinger in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jinger
The Social Security Administration has registered 507 babies named Jinger between 1950 and 2024, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jinger currently holds the #13646 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jinger performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jinger shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jinger in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jinger 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 507 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.
Jinger at a glance
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Current rank
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Jinger popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1950
- Peak year (1982)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 75 years of records
Currently ranks #13646 among girls.
507 total births across 75 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 19 births in a single year.
Jinger by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 129 births that decade — 25% of Jinger's all-time total
Jinger decade highlights
- Peak decade 129 births
- Runner-up 99 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Jinger's strongest decade
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Jinger by state
Where Jinger concentrates geographically — total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 1.2% |
6 of 507 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1950–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.