How Many People Are Named Ginger?
people named Ginger are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,654 people in the US has this name
Based on 46,260 babies named Ginger in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,670 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word ginger for the spice or the reddish-brown colour. It can also be a diminutive of VIRGINIA, as in the case of actress and dancer Ginger Rogers (1911-1995), by whom the name was popularized.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Ginger (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ginger alive today is about 55 years old, and 52% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 48 and 66 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ginger first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1971, to 1,670 babies. In 2025, 47 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ginger has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #187, in 1971. In 2025 it ranked #3,307.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,307 |
| Best rank | #187 (1971) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #226 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ginger alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ginger were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3,654 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ginger was given 2.4 times as often in Oklahoma, 2.4 times in Tennessee and 2.3 times in Alabama.
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