Vinal — boys' name
136 babies named Vinal in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Vinal was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Vinal in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vinal
The Social Security Administration has registered 136 babies named Vinal between 1913 and 1955, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vinal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1955. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vinal performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Vinal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maine, which accounts for 46 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Vinal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vinal in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 136 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Vinal at a glance
Last recorded 1955Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vinal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1913
- Peak year (1923)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1955.
136 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 11 births in a single year.
Vinal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 55 births that decade — 40% of Vinal's all-time total
Vinal decade highlights
- Peak decade 55 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Vinal's strongest decade
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Vinal by state
Where Vinal concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maine | | 46 | 33.8% |
46 of 136 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Maine 33.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Maine accounts for 33.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–1955 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.