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Girl name

Jinny

100% girls · last recorded 2024

Jinny has been given to about 821 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1977, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 752
Median age today49 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Jinny per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1977 · 27
  • Born in 20250
  • All time821

How popular is Jinny?

Its best year was 1977, when 27 babies were given the name, ranking 2940th. The typical living American called Jinny is about 49 years old today.

Names that sound like Jinny

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Ginny0.82
  2. Jenny0.67
  3. Jenni0.61
  4. Joni0.57
  5. Tiffany0.54
  6. Ailany0.53
  7. Jill0.51
  8. Jianna0.51

Middle names for Jinny

Ranked by flow score
  1. Jinny Anne0.81
  2. Jinny Eve0.80
  3. Jinny Elizabeth0.78
  4. Jinny Catherine0.78
  5. Jinny Rose0.77
  6. Jinny Marie0.77

Sibling names for Jinny

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Georginasister · 0.72
  2. Rockybrother · 0.71
  3. Rudybrother · 0.69
  4. Meredithsister · 0.68
  5. Bridgetsister · 0.68
  6. Claybrother · 0.67

Where Jinny is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Jinny Anderson0.77
    2. Jinny Reyes0.72
    3. Jinny Nguyen0.72
    4. Jinny Moore0.72
    5. Jinny Lee0.72
    6. Jinny Hall0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Jinny

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020
    4. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.