# Ginger (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ginger/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 46,260 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 42 / 46,218 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A diminutive of Virginia; also a nickname for someone or something with ginger-coloured hair.

## 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 | 125 | 1,685 |
| 2012 | 112 | 1,813 |
| 2013 | 93 | 2,070 |
| 2014 | 80 | 2,311 |
| 2015 | 68 | 2,630 |
| 2016 | 56 | 2,984 |
| 2017 | 62 | 2,758 |
| 2018 | 61 | 2,794 |
| 2019 | 57 | 2,900 |
| 2020 | 47 | 3,302 |
| 2021 | 46 | 3,409 |
| 2022 | 49 | 3,289 |
| 2023 | 49 | 3,290 |
| 2024 | 44 | 3,534 |
| 2025 | 47 | 3,308 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 8 | 3,125 |
| 1968 | 5 | 4,349 |
| 1972 | 8 | 3,757 |
| 1973 | 7 | 4,239 |
| 1974 | 6 | 4,857 |
| 1975 | 8 | 4,078 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |

## People named Ginger

- Ginger Rogers, American actress and dancer (1911–1995)
- Ginger Baker, British drummer (1939–2019)
- Ginger Lynn, American pornographic actress
- Ginger Fish, American drummer
- Ginger Gonzaga, American comedian and actress
- Ginger Pooley, American rock musician (born 1977)
- Ginger Banks, American pornographic film actress (born 1990/1991)
- Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen, American tennis player
- Ginger Alden, fiancée of Elvis Presley at the time of his death

## 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.