Gina

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Gina is a feminine given name, in origin a hypocoristic form of names ending in -gina, such as Luigina, Regina or Georgina, also of Virginia or Eugenia. The short form was popularized in the 1950s by the actress Gina Lollobrigida, whose birth name is Luigina.

From Wikipedia

Gina first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 136 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1967 with 6,360 babies (rank #54 that year). In 2024 it was given to 97 girls (rank #2,015). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Gina

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Gina yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

22Destiny numberThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

153,367

Total babies (all years)

136

Years in the data

6,360

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain: Gina — Amélie's café colleague
In Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Gina Linetti — civilian administrator, dancer

Famous people named Gina

Gina Caranomixed martial arts fighter · b. 1982
Gina Gershonfilm actor · b. 1962
Gina Raimondojurist · b. 1971
Gina Rodriguezfilm screenwriter · b. 1984
Gina Torresfilm actor · b. 1969

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	7	#701
1883	9	#667
1885	10	#709
1886	5	#1,179
1887	7	#983
1888	7	#1,075
1890	13	#773
1891	6	#1,256
1892	11	#929
1893	10	#983
1894	16	#762
1895	5	#1,693
1896	10	#1,078
1897	8	#1,202
1899	9	#1,137
1900	6	#1,816
1901	6	#1,554
1902	6	#1,678
1903	6	#1,674
1906	6	#1,821
1909	8	#1,656
1910	6	#2,252
1911	6	#2,304
1912	17	#1,324
1913	14	#1,627
1914	24	#1,278
1915	14	#2,177
1916	29	#1,366
1917	17	#2,038
1918	21	#1,836
1919	19	#1,947
1920	34	#1,360
1921	33	#1,417
1922	27	#1,622
1923	30	#1,501
1924	29	#1,581
1925	21	#1,915
1926	36	#1,313
1927	26	#1,638
1928	25	#1,648
1929	22	#1,729
1930	33	#1,331
1931	37	#1,184
1932	29	#1,402
1933	22	#1,626
1934	25	#1,494
1935	34	#1,231
1936	30	#1,332
1937	39	#1,148
1938	35	#1,239
1939	37	#1,204
1940	40	#1,158
1941	41	#1,172
1942	57	#1,040
1943	59	#1,041
1944	48	#1,134
1945	89	#800
1946	109	#788
1947	181	#624
1948	196	#596
1949	162	#659
1950	185	#620
1951	217	#580
1952	334	#462
1953	410	#432
1954	888	#285
1955	1,840	#179
1956	1,961	#181
1957	2,107	#179
1958	2,818	#145
1959	3,223	#135
1960	3,567	#128
1961	3,874	#117
1962	4,427	#101
1963	5,336	#79
1964	5,229	#79
1965	5,266	#70
1966	6,355	#58
1967	6,360	#54
1968	6,044	#58
1969	5,911	#63
1970	5,875	#61
1971	4,921	#69
1972	4,057	#78
1973	3,699	#83
1974	3,560	#84
1975	3,431	#84
1976	3,010	#94
1977	3,230	#88
1978	3,221	#93
1979	3,115	#96
1980	2,991	#100
1981	2,798	#106
1982	2,382	#124
1983	2,416	#121
1984	2,569	#109
1985	2,480	#113
1986	2,363	#119
1987	2,269	#123
1988	2,025	#142
1989	2,169	#141
1990	2,210	#139
1991	1,834	#160
1992	1,839	#165
1993	1,715	#174
1994	1,525	#194
1995	1,401	#207
1996	1,190	#234
1997	1,151	#255
1998	1,016	#298
1999	1,001	#309
2000	855	#356
2001	749	#390
2002	701	#413
2003	641	#465
2004	494	#574
2005	476	#596
2006	403	#709
2007	355	#808
2008	327	#854
2009	260	#1,015
2010	208	#1,169
2011	163	#1,404
2012	172	#1,362
2013	141	#1,549
2014	155	#1,456
2015	103	#1,954
2016	115	#1,801
2017	125	#1,709
2018	113	#1,802
2019	121	#1,720
2020	129	#1,616
2021	106	#1,877
2022	99	#1,979
2023	116	#1,764
2024	97	#2,015