Ginny

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ginny: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ginny: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #638, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#638highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2411
1998	#3142
1999	#3900
2002	#4137
2003	#3594
2004	#3725
2005	#2438
2006	#2781
2007	#3218
2008	#2292
2010	#3533
2012	#2521
2013	#3536
2014	#2464
2015	#4736
2016	#2367
2017	#2706
2018	#2499
2019	#2458
2020	#1939
2021	#1866
2022	#2325
2023	#1525
2024	#1491

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #638 among girls in Scotland, #1491 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1491 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ginny by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ginny in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	17	4 of 10	4
2000s	42	7 of 10	6
2010s	76	9 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	81	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ginny appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #638 in Scotland in 2024.

Ginny's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1491	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1939	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #638, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Blythe · #638, 29y
Clover · #638, 27y
Nya · #638, 27y
Olivia-Mae · #638, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Bilaal · #638, 28y
Blythe · #638, 29y
Clover · #638, 27y
Corah · #638, 16y

Ginny was ranked #638 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ginny and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ginny without appearing here.

Ginny moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2458 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1939 and #5493.
Therese Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4736 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1939 and #5493.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4736 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2367 and #5785.
Jeanette Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4736 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2367 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Ginny

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2464 and #1628.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2438 and #2682 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2781 and #2137.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3218 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2521 and #1893.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2367 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2706 and #2502.

Moved the opposite way to Ginny

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ginny went from #3126 to #1491 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ginny went from #3126 to #1491 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ginny went from #3126 to #1491 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ginny went from #3126 to #1491 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Ginny

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ginny went from #3126 to #1491 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ginny went from #3126 to #1491 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ginny went from #3126 to #1491 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ginny went from #3126 to #1491 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #638 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ginny

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Ginny by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Ginny at a glance

Ginny by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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