Ginger is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #5844 for girl births in the United States, given to 47 babies. Ginger first appears in the data in 1913 and reached its peak in 1971 (1,670 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #5,844 |
| 2024 | 44 | #6,184 |
| 2023 | 49 | #5,755 |
| 2022 | 49 | #5,745 |
| 2021 | 46 | #5,912 |
| 2020 | 47 | #5,746 |
| 2019 | 57 | #5,113 |
| 2018 | 61 | #4,889 |
| 2017 | 62 | #4,833 |
| 2016 | 56 | #5,180 |
| 2015 | 68 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 80 | #4,094 |
| 2013 | 93 | #3,636 |
| 2012 | 112 | #3,219 |
| 2011 | 125 | #3,009 |
| 2010 | 148 | #2,682 |
| 2009 | 168 | #2,493 |
| 2008 | 134 | #2,930 |
| 2007 | 174 | #2,410 |
| 2006 | 138 | #2,749 |
| 2005 | 154 | #2,449 |
| 2004 | 131 | #2,686 |
| 2003 | 134 | #2,577 |
| 2002 | 134 | #2,496 |
| 2001 | 117 | #2,729 |
| 2000 | 109 | #2,822 |
| 1999 | 107 | #2,735 |
| 1998 | 122 | #2,445 |
| 1997 | 103 | #2,677 |
| 1996 | 99 | #2,700 |
| 1995 | 100 | #2,630 |
| 1994 | 116 | #2,384 |
| 1993 | 126 | #2,239 |
| 1992 | 155 | #1,947 |
| 1991 | 153 | #1,956 |
| 1990 | 146 | #1,987 |
| 1989 | 173 | #1,715 |
| 1988 | 221 | #1,430 |
| 1987 | 235 | #1,329 |
| 1986 | 289 | #1,146 |
| 1985 | 336 | #1,052 |
| 1984 | 431 | #861 |
| 1983 | 528 | #757 |
| 1982 | 683 | #647 |
| 1981 | 720 | #614 |
| 1980 | 751 | #609 |
| 1979 | 758 | #593 |
| 1978 | 995 | #464 |
| 1977 | 952 | #492 |
| 1976 | 1,079 | #430 |
| 1975 | 1,084 | #434 |
| 1974 | 1,287 | #377 |
| 1973 | 1,278 | #384 |
| 1972 | 1,325 | #392 |
| 1971 | 1,670 | #350 |
| 1970 | 1,381 | #419 |
| 1969 | 1,276 | #432 |
| 1968 | 1,196 | #428 |
| 1967 | 1,161 | #442 |
| 1966 | 1,148 | #451 |
| 1965 | 1,110 | #473 |
| 1964 | 1,191 | #472 |
| 1963 | 1,225 | #473 |
| 1962 | 1,185 | #480 |
| 1961 | 1,083 | #519 |
| 1960 | 1,137 | #505 |
| 1959 | 1,091 | #507 |
| 1958 | 953 | #540 |
| 1957 | 1,005 | #516 |
| 1956 | 973 | #512 |
| 1955 | 845 | #540 |
| 1954 | 859 | #524 |
| 1953 | 860 | #509 |
| 1952 | 903 | #485 |
| 1951 | 866 | #488 |
| 1950 | 657 | #553 |
| 1949 | 665 | #549 |
| 1948 | 600 | #580 |
| 1947 | 684 | #550 |
| 1946 | 596 | #556 |
| 1945 | 362 | #678 |
| 1944 | 317 | #726 |
| 1943 | 313 | #747 |
| 1942 | 229 | #875 |
| 1941 | 226 | #828 |
| 1940 | 202 | #859 |
| 1939 | 165 | #942 |
| 1938 | 138 | #1,048 |
| 1937 | 156 | #961 |
| 1936 | 188 | #855 |
| 1935 | 120 | #1,096 |
| 1934 | 76 | #1,423 |
| 1933 | 61 | #1,594 |
| 1932 | 31 | #2,438 |
| 1931 | 32 | #2,391 |
| 1930 | 33 | #2,437 |
| 1929 | 19 | #3,486 |
| 1928 | 20 | #3,455 |
| 1927 | 27 | #2,895 |
| 1926 | 32 | #2,604 |
| 1925 | 30 | #2,732 |
| 1924 | 41 | #2,292 |
| 1923 | 29 | #2,788 |
| 1922 | 24 | #3,191 |
| 1921 | 36 | #2,450 |
| 1920 | 33 | #2,559 |
| 1919 | 24 | #3,057 |
| 1918 | 25 | #2,976 |
| 1917 | 18 | #3,603 |
| 1916 | 13 | #4,393 |
| 1915 | 18 | #3,380 |
| 1914 | 8 | #4,961 |
| 1913 | 5 | #5,951 |