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Gina

Gender
Girl
Say it
JEE-nuh
Origin
Italian
UK rank, 2025
#3,776 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,076 for girls

Gina is a girls' name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,076th for girls in the US (90 babies).

What does Gina mean?

Italian: Italian short form of names such as Luigina and Regina

Began as an Italian short form of names like Luigina and Regina; actress Gina Lollobrigida made it known worldwide.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Gina a girl's or a boy's name?

Gina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 90 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Gina in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,776among girls
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 46,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 10% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Gina, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 87 girls.

Half of all the girls named Gina in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 87 in 19962025
Gina in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#3,776
20244#4,907
20238#3,098
20225#4,168
20215#4,148
20200–
201911#2,420
20189#2,825
20177#3,395
201611#2,510
20157#3,433
201413#2,189
201316#1,874
201210#2,666
201117#1,755
201022#1,475
200925#1,285
200816#1,745
200720#1,421
200623#1,229
200534#883
200458#586
200344#699
200246#651
200145#642
200060#531
199939#685
199861#525
199756#540
199687#409

How popular is Gina in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,076among girls
Babies in 2025
90about 1 in 18,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 17% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 90 girls in the US were named Gina, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,608th. Its busiest year was 1967, with 6,358 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Gina than any year since 1945.

Half of all the girls named Gina in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 98 girls in the US were given Gina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,714, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 6,358 in 19672025
Gina in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202590#2,076
202497#2,011
2023116#1,762
202299#1,974
2021106#1,871
2020130#1,608
2019121#1,716
2018113#1,799
2017125#1,703
2016115#1,799
2015103#1,950
2014155#1,454
2013141#1,546
2012172#1,359
2011163#1,402
2010208#1,165
2009260#1,015
2008327#854
2007355#807
2006403#708
2005476#596
2004494#575
2003641#465
2002701#413
2001749#390
2000855#356
19991,001#309
19981,016#298
19971,151#255
19961,190#234
19951,401#207
19941,525#194
19931,715#174
19921,839#165
19911,834#160
19902,210#139
19892,169#141
19882,025#142
19872,269#123
19862,362#119
19852,480#113
19842,569#109
19832,416#121
19822,382#124
19812,798#106
19802,991#100
19793,116#96
19783,220#93
19773,231#88
19763,010#94
19753,431#84
19743,560#84
19733,699#83
19724,057#78
19714,922#69
19705,874#61
19695,911#63
19686,045#58
19676,358#54
19666,356#58
19655,267#70
19645,230#79
19635,337#79
19624,424#102
19613,876#117
19603,567#128
19593,223#135
19582,819#145
19572,107#179
19561,961#181
19551,840#179
1954888#285
1953410#431
1952334#461
1951217#579
1950185#618
1949162#657
1948196#595
1947181#624
1946109#786
194589#799
194448#1,128
194359#1,036
194257#1,037
194141#1,166
194040#1,150
193937#1,194
193835#1,231
193739#1,144
193630#1,321
193534#1,219
193425#1,481
193322#1,606
193229#1,382
193137#1,175
193033#1,320
192922#1,703
192825#1,636
192726#1,618
192636#1,303
192521#1,890
192429#1,566
192330#1,490
192227#1,611
192133#1,409
192034#1,349
191919#1,921
191821#1,805
191717#1,995
191629#1,357
191514#2,142
191424#1,262
191314#1,601
191217#1,297
19116#2,191
19106#2,140
19098#1,607
19080–
19070–
19066#1,727
19050–
19040–
19036#1,592
19026#1,593
19016#1,466
19006#1,722
18999#1,098
18980–
18978#1,167
189610#1,047
18955#1,592
189416#744
189310#955
189211#908
18916#1,213
189013#758
18890–
18887#1,036
18877#937
18865#1,108
188510#695
18840–
18839#651
18820–
18810–
18807#679

Names like Gina

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Gina

Names related to Gina

More Italian names

Every Italian name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Gina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gina, updated 20 October 2026.