Ginny

Girl · JIN-ee · Latin

Ginny is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 3,249th for girls in the US (48 babies).

What does Ginny mean?

Latin: pet form of Virginia

Pet form of Virginia; Ginny Weasley is a character in the Harry Potter books.

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

Ginny is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 48 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ginny in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #1,868among girls
Babies in 2025: 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
Five-year trend: Risingup 65% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Ginny, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 25 girls.

Half of all the girls named Ginny in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 25 in 20242025

Ginny in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	16	#1,868
2024	25	#1,356
2023	20	#1,611
2022	12	#2,277
2021	16	#1,882
2020	15	#1,948
2019	11	#2,420
2018	11	#2,464
2017	9	#2,864
2016	11	#2,510
2015	7	#3,433
2014	10	#2,618
2013	6	#3,719
2012	10	#2,666
2011	0	–
2010	7	#3,308
2009	0	–
2008	11	#2,286
2007	6	#3,396
2006	7	#2,940
2005	8	#2,555
2004	4	#3,916
2003	4	#3,768
2002	3	#4,284
2001	0	–
2000	1	#5,280
1999	3	#4,041
1998	4	#3,310
1997	6	#2,552
1996	4	#3,289

How popular is Ginny in the US?

Rank in 2025: #3,249among girls
Babies in 2025: 48about 1 in 33,000 girls
Five-year trend: Risingup 78% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 48 girls in the US were named Ginny, making it the 3,249th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 1958, with 242 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.

Half of all the girls named Ginny in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.

1918Busiest: 242 in 19582025

Ginny in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	48	#3,249
2024	54	#3,013
2023	64	#2,704
2022	59	#2,856
2021	38	#3,881
2020	35	#4,004
2019	32	#4,342
2018	26	#5,003
2017	27	#4,920
2016	23	#5,620
2015	21	#6,034
2014	30	#4,655
2013	21	#6,014
2012	18	#6,868
2011	26	#5,205
2010	21	#6,180
2009	22	#6,088
2008	32	#4,646
2007	26	#5,374
2006	33	#4,357
2005	17	#6,815
2004	19	#6,211
2003	18	#6,294
2002	20	#5,669
2001	18	#6,062
2000	24	#4,786
1999	29	#3,966
1998	28	#4,020
1997	22	#4,656
1996	27	#3,937
1995	30	#3,580
1994	43	#2,792
1993	41	#2,877
1992	56	#2,313
1991	60	#2,183
1990	70	#1,948
1989	59	#2,091
1988	76	#1,684
1987	65	#1,791
1986	93	#1,380
1985	103	#1,297
1984	108	#1,205
1983	116	#1,144
1982	149	#988
1981	148	#987
1980	144	#1,009
1979	155	#948
1978	145	#958
1977	142	#971
1976	128	#992
1975	138	#929
1974	137	#920
1973	138	#904
1972	147	#870
1971	154	#870
1970	125	#997
1969	98	#1,117
1968	100	#1,042
1967	105	#997
1966	92	#1,096
1965	113	#966
1964	173	#786
1963	196	#732
1962	200	#729
1961	210	#715
1960	230	#669
1959	233	#656
1958	242	#631
1957	229	#647
1956	122	#907
1955	98	#1,009
1954	102	#957
1953	97	#967
1952	108	#886
1951	95	#951
1950	75	#1,063
1949	81	#999
1948	132	#733
1947	135	#736
1946	147	#651
1945	119	#680
1944	80	#850
1943	75	#898
1942	65	#968
1941	43	#1,133
1940	27	#1,477
1939	12	#2,417
1938	22	#1,650
1937	13	#2,317
1936	14	#2,153
1935	14	#2,205
1934	10	#2,740
1933	15	#2,051
1932	15	#2,129
1931	0	–
1930	9	#3,053
1929	6	#4,051
1928	11	#2,766
1927	10	#3,051
1926	5	#4,849
1925	0	–
1924	10	#3,143
1923	7	#3,970
1922	0	–
1921	0	–
1920	0	–
1919	0	–
1918	5	#4,807

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