Ginnette
A feminine variation of the name Jeanette, originally French, meaning "God is gracious".
Name Census estimates that about 80 living Americans carry the first name Ginnette. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Ginnette today is around 54 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Ginnette births was 1958 (9 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Ginnette. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Ginnette. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
80
~ 1 in 4,284,429 Americans
Peak year
1958
9 babies that year
Average age
54
years old
1985 SSA rank
#11,234
Tracked since 1958
Census
Ginnette in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 284 people with the first name Ginnette, which placed it at #30,583 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#30,583
National first-name rank
People counted
284
284 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
46.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Ginnette
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Ginnette is Hispanic at 46.5%. The next largest groups are White (42.3%) and Black (7.7%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Ginnette described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Ginnette at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino46.5% · 132
- White42.3% · 120
- Black or African American7.7% · 22
- Two or more races2.5% · 7
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.1% · 3
Popularity
Ginnette: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Ginnette from the 1950s through to the 1980s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1970s, with 42 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 1970s peak, Ginnette remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Ginnette by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Ginnette during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Ginnette
The name Ginnette is a French feminine form of the masculine name Ginet, itself a diminutive of the name Gines derived from the Roman family name Genius or Ginesius. The name originated in medieval France and was popular in the 12th and 13th centuries.
The name Ginnette can be traced back to the Latin word "genia" meaning "spirit" or "soul". It was likely influenced by the ancient Roman goddess of fertility and childbirth, Genia. Some scholars also believe that it may have connections to the ancient Celtic goddess of healing, Gina.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Ginnette appears in a 12th-century manuscript from the Abbey of Saint-Denis in Paris, where a nun with this name is mentioned. In the late 13th century, a French noblewoman named Ginnette de Montfort was recorded as the wife of a prominent knight.
Throughout history, several notable figures have borne the name Ginnette. In the 15th century, Ginnette de Rieux (1410-1482) was a French noblewoman and patron of the arts. During the Renaissance, Ginnette de Valois (1517-1589) was a French princess and member of the House of Valois.
In the 18th century, Ginnette Gautier (1718-1799) was a renowned French botanist and one of the first women to be elected to the Academy of Sciences in Paris. In the 19th century, Ginnette Sinclair (1829-1904) was a Scottish novelist and poet known for her romantic works set in the Scottish Highlands.
Another notable figure was Ginnette Durand (1910-1997), a French resistance fighter and activist who played a crucial role in the French Resistance during World War II, risking her life to help Jewish families escape Nazi persecution.
People
Ginnette + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Ginnette as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with G
Other first names starting with G with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Ginnette: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ginnette?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 80 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Ginnette going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 4,284,429 US residents.
Is Ginnette a common name?
We classify Ginnette as "Very Rare". It ranks above 61.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 92 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Ginnette most popular?
The single biggest year for Ginnette was 1958, when 9 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Ginnette is about 54 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Ginnette in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 284 people with the name Ginnette, or 0.09 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #30,583 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Ginnette in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Ginnette?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Ginnette appears almost entirely female. Of the 280 people counted with this name, 100.0% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Ginnette?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Ginnette is Hispanic at 46.5%. The next largest groups are White (42.3%) and Black (7.7%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Ginnette most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Ginnette in the 2020 Census, accounting for 46.5% (132 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Ginnette in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Ginnette a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Ginnette in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Ginnette still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Ginnette in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Ginnette can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Ginnette?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.