Gina

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A few things about Gina you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Gina

Gina Carano

American actress and former mixed martial artist (born 1982)

Choose Gina and your child shares a first name with Gina Carano, an American actress and former mixed martial artist. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Gina, like who?” Gina Carano's Wikipedia article is available in 45 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 17,857 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Gina, 90 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Gina would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryGina has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Ginas, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1967, when it ranked #54. Today it's #2,076, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowGina was 8.4× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 2,124 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 17,857.
• 🍂TrendGina has slipped 468 places over the last five years and now sits at #2,076. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedGina is most popular in Maryland, where it ranks #840. It's in the top 1,000 in 1 state.

About the name Gina

Gina is a girl name of Hindu, Indian and Italian origin. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with G and ending in “-ina”. US birth records list Gina for girls from 1880 to 2025, in 137 of those 146 years. Its best year was 1967, when it ranked #54 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #2,076, with 90 babies.

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