Ginny
Ginny or Ginnie is an English feminine given name or diminutive, frequently of the name Virginia. It may also serve be the diminutive form of Jennifer, Genevieve, Ginevra, or Geneva.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Ginny
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ginny or Ginnie is an English feminine given name or diminutive, frequently of the name Virginia. It may also serve be the diminutive form of Jennifer, Genevieve, Ginevra, or Geneva.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Ginny
American parents first put Ginny on the record books as a baby girl name in 1918, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1958, when 242 Ginnys were born — ranking #631 that year. About 20% of every Ginny on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Ginny ranks #2,622 for baby girls with 66 births, rising sharply (+94% over the past five years). All told, over 8K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Ginny
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About the name Ginny
Ginny is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 8K births in the dataset. Ginny's peak popularity came in 1958 when it ranked #631. Use the chart and map above to compare Ginny's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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