Jinger
Girl · JIN-jer · English
Jinger is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “ginger”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jinger mean?
English: variant of Ginger
“ginger”
A spelling of Ginger, a nickname for red hair and a pet form of Virginia.
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Is Jinger a girl's or a boy's name?
Jinger is a girls' name.
How popular is Jinger in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1982, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the girls named Jinger in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jinger in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,711 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,049 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
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