Girls' name · peaked in 1967
Gina name popularity since 1925
152,970 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Gina. Half of them were born in 1971 or earlier, so the typical Gina is about 55 years old in 2026. Gina peaked in 1967 as the #54 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 152,970
- Named Gina, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,085 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 152,566 girls · 404 boys
- Most popular in
- Rhode Island
- 1.88× its national share
Peak year is the year Gina made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Gina births per year, 1925–2025
1967 was the biggest year for Gina both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1950 and 1955, Gina became 8.7× more common, from 1 in 9,260 baby girls to 1 in 1,060.
- Steepest fall: Between 2006 and 2011, its share of baby girls fell by 56%, from 1 in 4,720 to 1 in 10,800.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Gina's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Gina.
Decade by decade
Babies named Gina in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 130 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 321 | 0 | #1,231 |
| 1940s | 982 | 0 | #800 |
| 1950s | 13,984 | 5 | #179 |
| 1960s | 52,371 | 125 | #70 |
| 1970s | 38,120 | 149 | #84 |
| 1980s | 24,461 | 103 | #113 |
| 1990s | 14,882 | 22 | #207 |
| 2000s | 5,261 | 0 | #596 |
| 2010s | 1,416 | 0 | #1,954 |
| 2020–25 | 638 | 0 | #2,085 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
46.6% of babies named Gina from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Gina is most popular
The index compares Gina's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Gina.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 1.88× | 1,008 |
| New Jersey | 1.69× | 7,054 |
| Connecticut | 1.51× | 2,473 |
| New York | 1.48× | 17,040 |
| California | 1.36× | 21,843 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Gina's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Gina.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Gina (1967).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data