Ginger
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Ginger
Originally a unisex nickname for a redhead -- red hair is called "ginger" in Britain -- or for the name Virginia, Ginger perennially wears pink gingham and spike heels.
Ginger is also given to boys.
Pronounced JIN-jer.
As of October 2026, Ginger ranked #4078 for boys in US births in 1975 and #3308 for girls in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3124 for boys in 1964 and #187 for girls in 1971.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #2,311 | 80 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #2,630 | 68 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #2,984 | 56 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #2,756 | 62 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #2,793 | 61 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #2,898 | 57 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #3,298 | 47 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #3,409 | 46 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #3,287 | 49 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #3,290 | 49 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #3,589 | 43 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #3,308 | 47 |
World rankings
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Ginger on lists
Famous Gingers
- Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath)Girl
American actress and dancer
- Ginger SpiceGirl
nickname of English singer Geri Halliwell of The Spice Girls
- Ginger HelgesonGirl
Nielsen, American tennis player
- Ginger Lynn (Allen)Girl
American adult film actress
- Ginger A. Pooley aka Ginger SlingGirl
bassist of American band The Smashing Pumpkins
- Ginger Zee (born Ginger Renee Zuidgeest)Girl
American TV meteorologist
- Ginger AldenGirl
American one,time fiancee of Elvis Presley
- Ginger FishGirl
stage name of Kenneth Robert Wilson, American male drummer for Marilyn Manson
- Peter Edward "Ginger" BakerGirl
English male drummer of band Cream
- Ginger MinjGirl
stage name of American drag queen Joshua Eads,Brown
Ginger in pop culture
- Ginger GrantGirl
main character on TV's "Gilligan's Island"
- Ginger FalconeGirl
main character on TV's "Zeke and Luther"
- Ginger FoxGirl
character on TV's "iCarly"
- Ginger BrownGirl
character in "Ginger Snaps" by Cathy Cassidy
- Ginger FoutleyGirl
main character in animated series "As Told by Ginger"
- GingerGirl
character on TV's "True Blood"
- GingerGirl
sorrel mare in Anna Sewell's "Black Beauty"
- GingerGirl
character on TV's "The West Wing"
- GingerGirl
character in the Disney Fairies books
- GingerGirl
main character in the animated film Chicken Run
- GingerGirl
a character on animated series Phineas and Ferb
- GingerGirl
Ned Flanders' "Vegas wife" on TV's The Simpsons
- "GingerGirl
" picture book by Charlotte Voake about a ginger cat
- Ginger HebblethwaiteGirl
male character in the Biggles series by W. E. Johns
- "Ginger MeggsGirl
" Australian comics series
- GingerGirl
boy in the British children's comic The Beezer
- GingerGirl
male character in Richmal Crompton's 'William' series of books, member of William's gang The Outlaws
- Ginger BreadhouseGirl
daughter of the Candy Witch in show and series "Ever After High"