Ginger is an established girls' name that peaked in 1971 and has since faded.
Ginger is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #3,308 for girl births in the United States (and #5,856 across all names), given to 47 babies. Ginger was first reported in SSA data in 1913 and peaked in 1971 (1,670 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | 47 | #3,308 | — |
| 2024 | 44 | 44 | #3,534 | — |
| 2023 | 49 | 49 | #3,290 | — |
| 2022 | 49 | 49 | #3,289 | — |
| 2021 | 46 | 46 | #3,409 | — |
| 2020 | 47 | 47 | #3,302 | — |
| 2019 | 57 | 57 | #2,900 | — |
| 2018 | 61 | 61 | #2,794 | — |
| 2017 | 62 | 62 | #2,758 | — |
| 2016 | 56 | 56 | #2,984 | — |
| 2015 | 68 | 68 | #2,630 | — |
| 2014 | 80 | 80 | #2,311 | — |
| 2013 | 93 | 93 | #2,070 | — |
| 2012 | 112 | 112 | #1,813 | — |
| 2011 | 125 | 125 | #1,685 | — |
| 2010 | 148 | 148 | #1,516 | — |
| 2009 | 168 | 168 | #1,406 | — |
| 2008 | 134 | 134 | #1,667 | — |
| 2007 | 174 | 174 | #1,385 | — |
| 2006 | 138 | 138 | #1,568 | — |
| 2005 | 154 | 154 | #1,397 | — |
| 2004 | 131 | 131 | #1,530 | — |
| 2003 | 134 | 134 | #1,463 | — |
| 2002 | 134 | 134 | #1,428 | — |
| 2001 | 117 | 117 | #1,589 | — |
| 2000 | 109 | 109 | #1,623 | — |
| 1999 | 107 | 107 | #1,576 | — |
| 1998 | 122 | 122 | #1,406 | — |
| 1997 | 103 | — | #1,566 | — |
| 1996 | 99 | — | #1,578 | — |
| 1995 | 100 | — | #1,533 | — |
| 1994 | 116 | — | #1,396 | — |
| 1993 | 126 | — | #1,329 | — |
| 1992 | 155 | — | #1,140 | — |
| 1991 | 153 | — | #1,155 | — |
| 1990 | 146 | — | #1,177 | — |
| 1989 | 173 | — | #997 | — |
| 1988 | 221 | — | #826 | — |
| 1987 | 235 | — | #766 | — |
| 1986 | 289 | — | #640 | — |
| 1985 | 336 | — | #580 | — |
| 1984 | 431 | — | #476 | — |
| 1983 | 528 | — | #407 | — |
| 1982 | 683 | — | #346 | — |
| 1981 | 720 | — | #329 | — |
| 1980 | 751 | — | #324 | — |
| 1979 | 758 | — | #315 | — |
| 1978 | 995 | — | #245 | — |
| 1977 | 952 | — | #259 | — |
| 1976 | 1,079 | — | #226 | — |
| 1975 | 1,084 | — | #225 | #4,078 |
| 1974 | 1,287 | — | #198 | #4,857 |
| 1973 | 1,278 | — | #202 | #4,239 |
| 1972 | 1,325 | — | #210 | #3,757 |
| 1971 | 1,670 | — | #187 | — |
| 1970 | 1,381 | — | #226 | — |
| 1969 | 1,276 | — | #235 | — |
| 1968 | 1,196 | — | #236 | #4,349 |
| 1967 | 1,161 | — | #244 | — |
| 1966 | 1,148 | — | #247 | — |
| 1965 | 1,110 | — | #257 | — |
| 1964 | 1,191 | — | #258 | #3,125 |
| 1963 | 1,225 | — | #253 | — |
| 1962 | 1,185 | — | #261 | — |
| 1961 | 1,083 | — | #280 | — |
| 1960 | 1,137 | — | #266 | — |
| 1959 | 1,091 | — | #266 | — |
| 1958 | 953 | — | #292 | — |
| 1957 | 1,005 | — | #276 | — |
| 1956 | 973 | — | #280 | — |
| 1955 | 845 | — | #301 | — |
| 1954 | 859 | — | #290 | — |
| 1953 | 860 | — | #284 | — |
| 1952 | 903 | — | #266 | — |
| 1951 | 866 | — | #267 | — |
| 1950 | 657 | — | #303 | — |
| 1949 | 665 | — | #300 | — |
| 1948 | 600 | — | #317 | — |
| 1947 | 684 | — | #302 | — |
| 1946 | 596 | — | #301 | — |
| 1945 | 362 | — | #369 | — |
| 1944 | 317 | — | #398 | — |
| 1943 | 313 | — | #412 | — |
| 1942 | 229 | — | #492 | — |
| 1941 | 226 | — | #460 | — |
| 1940 | 202 | — | #475 | — |
| 1939 | 165 | — | #520 | — |
| 1938 | 138 | — | #587 | — |
| 1937 | 156 | — | #529 | — |
| 1936 | 188 | — | #469 | — |
| 1935 | 120 | — | #595 | — |
| 1934 | 76 | — | #769 | — |
| 1933 | 61 | — | #860 | — |
| 1932 | 31 | — | #1,330 | — |
| 1931 | 32 | — | #1,301 | — |
| 1930 | 33 | — | #1,331 | — |
| 1929 | 19 | — | #1,909 | — |
| 1928 | 20 | — | #1,927 | — |
| 1927 | 27 | — | #1,596 | — |
| 1926 | 32 | — | #1,428 | — |
| 1925 | 30 | — | #1,519 | — |
| 1924 | 41 | — | #1,251 | — |
| 1923 | 29 | — | #1,537 | — |
| 1922 | 24 | — | #1,749 | — |
| 1921 | 36 | — | #1,316 | — |
| 1920 | 33 | — | #1,389 | — |
| 1919 | 24 | — | #1,668 | — |
| 1918 | 25 | — | #1,618 | — |
| 1917 | 18 | — | #1,948 | — |
| 1916 | 13 | — | #2,423 | — |
| 1915 | 18 | — | #1,831 | — |
| 1914 | 8 | — | #2,737 | — |
| 1913 | 5 | — | #3,391 | — |