Vince
Vince was given to 137 boys in 2025, #1,364 among boys’ names; 12,710 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 10,500 Americans named Vince and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (83% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 19 and 63.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vince by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Vince mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Vince is “Short form of the male given name Vincent.”
/vɪns/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Vince?
#1,364 among boys’ names, 2025
Vince fell from #1,270 in 2015 to #1,364 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 74.1 to 80.2 per million.
595 babies in 1963, the peak
Vince peaked in 1963, when 595 boys were given it, #323 among boys’ names. The 137 births of 2025 are 23% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 137 | #1,364 | 0.08 |
| 2024 | 126 | #1,447 | 0.07 |
| 2023 | 133 | #1,395 | 0.08 |
| 2022 | 138 | #1,364 | 0.08 |
| 2021 | 111 | #1,576 | 0.06 |
| 2020 | 110 | #1,525 | 0.06 |
| 2019 | 115 | #1,491 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 152 | #1,226 | 0.08 |
| 2017 | 139 | #1,305 | 0.08 |
| 2016 | 151 | #1,240 | 0.08 |
Every recorded year (118)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 142 | #1,270 | 0.07 |
| 2014 | 152 | #1,212 | 0.08 |
| 2013 | 160 | #1,139 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 151 | #1,194 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 161 | #1,131 | 0.08 |
| 2010 | 158 | #1,167 | 0.08 |
| 2009 | 137 | #1,289 | 0.07 |
| 2008 | 157 | #1,160 | 0.08 |
| 2007 | 197 | #993 | 0.09 |
| 2006 | 175 | #1,042 | 0.09 |
| 2005 | 119 | #1,294 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 108 | #1,356 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 117 | #1,246 | 0.06 |
| 2002 | 107 | #1,275 | 0.06 |
| 2001 | 100 | #1,311 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 87 | #1,424 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 81 | #1,445 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 91 | #1,317 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 86 | #1,322 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 90 | #1,243 | 0.05 |
| 1995 | 105 | #1,118 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 100 | #1,135 | 0.05 |
| 1993 | 102 | #1,112 | 0.05 |
| 1992 | 124 | #970 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 127 | #940 | 0.06 |
| 1990 | 135 | #885 | 0.07 |
| 1989 | 111 | #971 | 0.06 |
| 1988 | 106 | #936 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 90 | #1,002 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 98 | #923 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 97 | #926 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 83 | #982 | 0.05 |
| 1983 | 72 | #1,047 | 0.04 |
| 1982 | 86 | #976 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 76 | #1,055 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 88 | #962 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 79 | #1,004 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 79 | #976 | 0.05 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,143 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 68 | #1,009 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 83 | #905 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 99 | #812 | 0.06 |
| 1973 | 84 | #873 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 121 | #727 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 172 | #631 | 0.10 |
| 1970 | 246 | #514 | 0.13 |
| 1969 | 215 | #536 | 0.12 |
| 1968 | 222 | #508 | 0.13 |
| 1967 | 264 | #468 | 0.15 |
| 1966 | 289 | #454 | 0.16 |
| 1965 | 386 | #400 | 0.21 |
| 1964 | 443 | #376 | 0.22 |
| 1963 | 595 | #323 | 0.29 |
| 1962 | 593 | #321 | 0.29 |
| 1961 | 325 | #449 | 0.15 |
| 1960 | 335 | #439 | 0.16 |
| 1959 | 323 | #444 | 0.15 |
| 1958 | 282 | #470 | 0.13 |
| 1957 | 181 | #575 | 0.08 |
| 1956 | 135 | #653 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 117 | #678 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 105 | #711 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 75 | #831 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 62 | #905 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 52 | #982 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 63 | #869 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 65 | #854 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 55 | #942 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 72 | #820 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 48 | #976 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 38 | #1,053 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 37 | #1,103 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 50 | #953 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 57 | #875 | 0.04 |
| 1941 | 42 | #1,002 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 42 | #1,006 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,296 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,245 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,145 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,242 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,294 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,724 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,702 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,092 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,765 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,690 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,727 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,263 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,558 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,127 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,676 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,464 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,117 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,823 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 17 | #2,050 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,592 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,688 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,494 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,978 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,147 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,061 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,679 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,434 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,612 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,018 | 0.06 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,200 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 6 | #955 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,089 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Vince a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Vince has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 118 years of records.
Girls and boys named Vince: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vince, and how old are they?
10,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 83% of the 12,710 Americans ever recorded as Vince. The median Vince alive today is 45 years old; half are between 19 and 63.
The 2020 Census counted 17,881 people named Vince (68 women and girls, 17,813 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 10,273 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.7 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Vince rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 129 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,870 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,210 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,530 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,750 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Vince born?
The states with the most babies named Vince are California, Texas and Illinois, with 48% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2,282 | #859 | 1.7× |
| Texas | 938 | #1,473 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 624 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| New York | 513 | #1,400 | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 412 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Florida | 383 | #1,461 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 340 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 326 | #989 | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 189 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Missouri | 139 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Vince is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Vince is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Vince with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Vince
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Vince and names like it
- Compare Vince and RichieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sVince peaked in 1963.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vince since 1910.
- The top names of 1963The year the most babies were named Vince.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Vince alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with VMost given first.