Vinay — #12612 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Vinay

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,132 babies named Vinay between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vinay currently holds the #12612 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vinay performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 319 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Vinay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 152 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Vinay in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vinay 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 1,132 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.