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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rare

GinaIn Hebrew: ג׳ינה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Gina (Hebrew: ג׳ינה) is a girl's name of international origin. 305 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 2009, with 24 babies.

People in Israel
305
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
2009
24 babies
USA, 2025
90
rank #2,076

Writing and saying Gina

In Hebrew letters the name is ג׳ינה, read right to left. Gina is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Gina by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Gina: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Gina in English-speaking countries

Gina in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202590#2,0761967 (6,358)
United Kingdom20256#3,7761998 (61)
England and Wales20256#3,7041996 (80)
Alberta20251#2,5381981 (25)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Gina has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Gina

How do you write Gina in Hebrew?

Gina is written ג׳ינה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Gina?

305 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ג׳ינה: 305 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Gina a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named ג׳ינה are women.

Is Gina used outside Israel?

The name Gina appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 90 girls were given it in 2025 (#2,076), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 6 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.