Boys' name · since 1882
Vince
12,705 babies named Vince in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,055 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,364 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,705
- born since 1882
- 1960s
- peak decade
12,705 babies have been named Vince since 1882, making it today's #1364 boys' name.
Vince has 12,705 recorded births among boys since 1882, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1364 as of the latest data, more common than 90% of boys, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1882 to 2025.
- #1,055 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,364 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 12,705 born since 1882
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vince ranks #1,055 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,364 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 12,705 born since 1882, peaking in the 1960s.
- #1,055 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,364 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,705
- born since 1882
- 1960s
- peak decade
Vince's 12,705 recorded births place it above 97.68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Vince compares
12,705 Top 8% higher than 92% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Vince's all-time total is 34x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Vince | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,705 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 595 | 34 | 22,252 |
Vince's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Vince's full recorded timeline at 1967, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1882, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1963 peak of 595 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Vince popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1882–2025
- Peak year (1963)
- 595
- Annual births at peak, across 144 years of records
Vince popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1995 (Vince as girls' name)
Vince by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (3,667 births, 29% of the file).
1960s was Vince's strongest decade.
3,667 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Vince births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 11
1880s
11 births
- 1900s 14
1900s
14 births
- 1910s 131
1910s
131 births
- 1920s 168
1920s
168 births
- 1930s 235
1930s
235 births
- 1940s 506
1940s
506 births
- 1950s 1,395
1950s
1,395 births
- 1960s
1960s
3,667 births
- 1970s 1,090
1970s
1,090 births
- 1980s 907
1980s
907 births
- 1990s 1,041
1990s
1,041 births
- 2000s 1,304
2000s
1,304 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,481 births
- 2020s 755
2020s
755 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 3,667 births (29% of all-time use).
How Vince compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Vince's total volume
Vince by state
Where Vince concentrates geographically, total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,282 | 18.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 938 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 624 | 4.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 513 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 412 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Florida | | 383 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 340 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 326 | 2.6% |
2,282 of 12,705 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Vince appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Vince's data
- Vince's decade-level peak was the 1960s (3,667 total births); usage has since declined to 755 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Vinces (2,282 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Vince: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~143 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1882–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Vince draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.