Jinny
Girl · JIN-ee · Latin
Jinny is a girls' name of Latin origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jinny mean?
Latin: pet form of Virginia, also of Jennifer or Jane
A traditional pet form of Virginia and Jane; Jinny is one of the six voices in Virginia Woolf's novel The Waves.
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Is Jinny a girl's or a boy's name?
Jinny is a girls' name.
How popular is Jinny in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1977, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1940.
Half of all the girls named Jinny in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jinny in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,506 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,110 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,711 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,263 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,459 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,759 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,378 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,185 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,970 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,156 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,700 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,060 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,860 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
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