Ginny
About Ginny
A nickname to Latin Virginia, French Genevieve, Italian Ginevra, English Imogen, and any other name with the 'gin' sound in there, Ginny ranked in the latter end of the US charts in the mid 20th century. Made familiar again in the contemporary world by the show Ginny & Georgia, along with the Harry Potter character, Ginny has seen a small amount of attention in recent years, given to around 50 babies in the latest stats.
Pronounced GIN-ee.
As of October 2026, Ginny ranked #3268 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #631 in 1958.
Editor's take: The name Ginny is a girl's name of English origin meaning "virgin, pure; white wave; maiden".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,692 | 30 | 16.8 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | #4,970 | 27 | 15.6 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | #4,375 | 32 | 19.1 |
| 2020 | #4,104 | 34 | 21 |
| 2021 | #3,899 | 38 | 23.2 |
| 2022 | #2,868 | 59 | 36 |
| 2023 | #2,737 | 63 | 39.3 |
| 2024 | #3,021 | 54 | 33.3 |
| 2025 | #3,268 | 48 | 29.9 |
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Ginny on lists
Famous Ginnys
- Virginia ''Ginny'' Blackmore
New Zealand singer,songwriter
- Ginny Hawker
American folk singer
- Virginia "Ginny" McQueen
American cosplay model
- Ginny Tyler (born Merrie Virginia Erlandson)
American voice actress
- Virginia "Ginny" McSwain
American voice actress and producer
- Virginia "Ginny" Brown
Waite, former U.S. Congresswoman from Florida
- Ginny Gan
New Zealand ballerina
- Ginnifer "Ginny" Goodwin
American actress (was born Jennifer but changed the spelling to reflect her name's pronounciation in her native Tennessee)
- Virginia "Ginny" Thrasher
American sport shooter
Ginny in pop culture
- Ginevra Molly "Ginny" Weasley
character in the Harry Potter series
- Ginny Baker
lead character on TV's "Pitch"
- Ginny Turner
character in movie "Stacked"
- Virginia "Ginny" Thompson
character on TV's "Bunheads"
- Ginny Tabor
character in the book 'Someone Like You' by Sarah Dessen
- Virginia "Ginny" Johnson
character on TV's "Masters of Sex"
- Ginny Blake Webber
character on American soap "General Hospital"
- Ginny Portis
character on British soap "Coronation Street"
- Ginny Sacrimoni
character on TV's "The Sopranos"
- Ginny Davenport
character on British soap "Family Affairs"
- Ginny Gordon
book series by Julie Campbell Tatham
- Virginia "Ginny" Blackstone
character from Maureen Johnson's novel "13 Little Blue Envelopes"
- Virginia “Ginny” Miller
from Netflix’s “Ginny & Georgia”