Name profile

Gina

Short form of Georgina, Regina, Luigina and other names ending in gina.

PronunciationItalian /ˈd͡ʒiː.na/; English /ˈd͡ʒiː.nə/
Usage languagesDanish, Dutch, English, Italian, Norwegian, Romanian, Swedish
US rank (2025)#2,076

Meaning and history

Gina is a short form of Georgina, Regina, Luigina, and other names ending in gina, and it can also serve as a diminutive of Virginia or Eugenia. The name was popularized in the 1950s by Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida (1927–2023), whose birth name was Luigina.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 403 births, rank #708
2007: 355 births, rank #807
2008: 327 births, rank #854
2009: 260 births, rank #1,015
2010: 208 births, rank #1,165
20112011: 163 births, rank #1,402
2012: 172 births, rank #1,359
2013: 141 births, rank #1,546
2014: 155 births, rank #1,454
2015: 103 births, rank #1,950
20162016: 115 births, rank #1,799
2017: 125 births, rank #1,703
2018: 113 births, rank #1,799
2019: 121 births, rank #1,716
2020: 130 births, rank #1,608
20212021: 106 births, rank #1,871
2022: 99 births, rank #1,974
2023: 116 births, rank #1,762
2024: 97 births, rank #2,011
20252025: 90 births, rank #2,076

Gina moved from #808 to #854 for girls between 2007 and 2008. Its highest annual birth count came in 1967, with 6,358 births.