# Gina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒiːnə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Geena, Gena, Jena, Jeena |
| US babies named this | 153,461 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 404 / 153,057 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 701, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* (name from Greek): Clipping of Georgina. * (name from Latin): Clipping of Regina. * (name from Italian): Italian Gina

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 163 | 1,404 |
| 2012 | 172 | 1,362 |
| 2013 | 141 | 1,549 |
| 2014 | 155 | 1,456 |
| 2015 | 103 | 1,954 |
| 2016 | 115 | 1,802 |
| 2017 | 125 | 1,709 |
| 2018 | 113 | 1,803 |
| 2019 | 121 | 1,720 |
| 2020 | 130 | 1,612 |
| 2021 | 106 | 1,878 |
| 2022 | 99 | 1,979 |
| 2023 | 116 | 1,765 |
| 2024 | 97 | 2,020 |
| 2025 | 90 | 2,085 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 16 | 2,716 |
| 1979 | 14 | 3,060 |
| 1980 | 20 | 2,471 |
| 1981 | 7 | 5,128 |
| 1982 | 5 | 6,706 |
| 1983 | 11 | 3,710 |
| 1984 | 10 | 4,022 |
| 1985 | 10 | 4,162 |
| 1986 | 9 | 4,602 |
| 1987 | 12 | 3,813 |
| 1988 | 10 | 4,552 |
| 1989 | 9 | 5,318 |
| 1990 | 8 | 6,034 |
| 1991 | 6 | 7,598 |
| 1992 | 8 | 6,334 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 21 | 1,429 |
| 2011 | 15 | 1,807 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,956 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Gina

- Gina Carano, American actress and former mixed martial artist (born 1982)
- Gina Gershon, American actress
- Gina Raimondo, 40th United States Secretary of Commerce
- Gina Rodriguez, American actress
- Gina Torres, American actress (born 1968)
- Gina Haspel, American intelligence officer (born 1956)
- Gina Lynn, American pornographic actress
- Gina Rinehart, Australian businessperson
- Gina McKee, British actress
- Gina McCarthy, American government official
- Gina Holden, Canadian actress
- Gina Lückenkemper, German athletics competitor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.