Vincent
Vincent was given to 3,267 boys in 2025, #107 among boys’ names; 364,716 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 257,000 Americans named Vincent and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (71% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 19 and 60.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vincent by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Vincent mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Vincent is “a male given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the sense “conquering” (vincēns).
Borrowed from French Vincent, from Latin Vincentius, from vincēns (“conquering”), from the verb vincō.
/ˈvɪnsənt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Vincent?
#107 among boys’ names, 2025
Vincent rose from #109 in 2015 to #107 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born held at 1.9 per 1,000.
6,186 babies in 1962, the peak
Vincent peaked in 1962, when 6,186 babies were given it (6,159 boys, #66 among boys’ names). The 3,272 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 53% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,267 | #107 | 1.9 |
| 2024 | 3,168 | #111 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 2,996 | #120 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 2,978 | #123 | 1.7 |
| 2021 | 3,199 | #117 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | 3,045 | #121 | 1.8 |
| 2019 | 3,346 | #115 | 1.9 |
| 2018 | 3,572 | #108 | 2.0 |
| 2017 | 3,668 | #108 | 2.0 |
| 2016 | 3,840 | #104 | 2.0 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,727 | #109 | 1.9 |
| 2014 | 3,764 | #104 | 2.0 |
| 2013 | 3,859 | #101 | 2.0 |
| 2012 | 3,733 | #104 | 2.0 |
| 2011 | 3,800 | #101 | 2.0 |
| 2010 | 3,530 | #110 | 1.8 |
| 2009 | 3,495 | #119 | 1.8 |
| 2008 | 3,583 | #119 | 1.8 |
| 2007 | 3,957 | #110 | 1.9 |
| 2006 | 4,030 | #107 | 2.0 |
| 2005 | 3,746 | #111 | 1.9 |
| 2004 | 3,421 | #121 | 1.7 |
| 2003 | 3,417 | #117 | 1.7 |
| 2002 | 3,186 | #123 | 1.6 |
| 2001 | 3,204 | #121 | 1.6 |
| 2000 | 3,235 | #120 | 1.6 |
| 1999 | 3,068 | #121 | 1.6 |
| 1998 | 3,097 | #121 | 1.6 |
| 1997 | 3,194 | #118 | 1.7 |
| 1996 | 3,344 | #116 | 1.8 |
| 1995 | 3,319 | #113 | 1.7 |
| 1994 | 3,603 | #100 | 1.9 |
| 1993 | 3,687 | #100 | 1.9 |
| 1992 | 4,106 | #92 | 2.1 |
| 1991 | 4,493 | #81 | 2.2 |
| 1990 | 4,804 | #78 | 2.3 |
| 1989 | 4,495 | #80 | 2.2 |
| 1988 | 4,054 | #82 | 2.1 |
| 1987 | 3,173 | #95 | 1.7 |
| 1986 | 3,092 | #93 | 1.7 |
| 1985 | 3,040 | #95 | 1.6 |
| 1984 | 2,972 | #95 | 1.6 |
| 1983 | 2,893 | #97 | 1.6 |
| 1982 | 2,866 | #103 | 1.6 |
| 1981 | 2,773 | #107 | 1.5 |
| 1980 | 2,696 | #111 | 1.5 |
| 1979 | 2,519 | #109 | 1.5 |
| 1978 | 2,505 | #105 | 1.5 |
| 1977 | 2,458 | #110 | 1.5 |
| 1976 | 2,451 | #106 | 1.6 |
| 1975 | 2,383 | #109 | 1.5 |
| 1974 | 2,436 | #107 | 1.5 |
| 1973 | 2,686 | #99 | 1.7 |
| 1972 | 2,746 | #105 | 1.7 |
| 1971 | 3,435 | #87 | 1.9 |
| 1970 | 4,021 | #79 | 2.2 |
| 1969 | 4,056 | #70 | 2.3 |
| 1968 | 3,982 | #73 | 2.3 |
| 1967 | 4,393 | #65 | 2.5 |
| 1966 | 4,941 | #58 | 2.8 |
| 1965 | 5,428 | #61 | 2.9 |
| 1964 | 5,677 | #64 | 2.8 |
| 1963 | 6,152 | #61 | 3.0 |
| 1962 | 6,159 | #66 | 3.0 |
| 1961 | 4,317 | #98 | 2.0 |
| 1960 | 4,373 | #98 | 2.1 |
| 1959 | 4,212 | #102 | 2.0 |
| 1958 | 4,271 | #98 | 2.0 |
| 1957 | 4,083 | #97 | 1.9 |
| 1956 | 3,756 | #98 | 1.8 |
| 1955 | 3,482 | #99 | 1.7 |
| 1954 | 3,358 | #104 | 1.6 |
| 1953 | 3,174 | #100 | 1.6 |
| 1952 | 3,168 | #101 | 1.6 |
| 1951 | 2,927 | #104 | 1.6 |
| 1950 | 2,920 | #101 | 1.6 |
| 1949 | 2,911 | #102 | 1.6 |
| 1948 | 2,788 | #106 | 1.6 |
| 1947 | 2,803 | #105 | 1.5 |
| 1946 | 2,425 | #110 | 1.5 |
| 1945 | 2,116 | #110 | 1.6 |
| 1944 | 2,029 | #113 | 1.5 |
| 1943 | 2,420 | #106 | 1.7 |
| 1942 | 2,381 | #101 | 1.7 |
| 1941 | 2,049 | #104 | 1.7 |
| 1940 | 1,975 | #104 | 1.7 |
| 1939 | 1,810 | #110 | 1.6 |
| 1938 | 1,834 | #110 | 1.7 |
| 1937 | 1,836 | #105 | 1.7 |
| 1936 | 1,737 | #109 | 1.7 |
| 1935 | 1,796 | #106 | 1.7 |
| 1934 | 1,865 | #101 | 1.8 |
| 1933 | 1,983 | #94 | 2.0 |
| 1932 | 2,066 | #93 | 2.0 |
| 1931 | 2,162 | #86 | 2.1 |
| 1930 | 2,318 | #84 | 2.1 |
| 1929 | 2,328 | #82 | 2.2 |
| 1928 | 2,440 | #82 | 2.2 |
| 1927 | 2,647 | #77 | 2.3 |
| 1926 | 2,543 | #77 | 2.3 |
| 1925 | 2,772 | #71 | 2.5 |
| 1924 | 2,638 | #78 | 2.3 |
| 1923 | 2,719 | #72 | 2.5 |
| 1922 | 2,710 | #71 | 2.5 |
| 1921 | 2,779 | #70 | 2.5 |
| 1920 | 2,661 | #73 | 2.5 |
| 1919 | 2,531 | #72 | 2.6 |
| 1918 | 2,621 | #73 | 2.6 |
| 1917 | 2,636 | #65 | 2.8 |
| 1916 | 2,500 | #67 | 2.8 |
| 1915 | 2,491 | #65 | 2.9 |
| 1914 | 1,962 | #61 | 3.0 |
| 1913 | 1,527 | #66 | 3.0 |
| 1912 | 1,178 | #72 | 2.7 |
| 1911 | 496 | #80 | 2.2 |
| 1910 | 343 | #99 | 1.8 |
| 1909 | 264 | #101 | 1.6 |
| 1908 | 250 | #102 | 1.6 |
| 1907 | 239 | #103 | 1.6 |
| 1906 | 193 | #111 | 1.4 |
| 1905 | 176 | #122 | 1.3 |
| 1904 | 206 | #101 | 1.6 |
| 1903 | 170 | #116 | 1.4 |
| 1902 | 148 | #131 | 1.2 |
| 1901 | 131 | #129 | 1.2 |
| 1900 | 177 | #129 | 1.2 |
| 1899 | 125 | #130 | 1.2 |
| 1898 | 140 | #132 | 1.1 |
| 1897 | 112 | #143 | 1.0 |
| 1896 | 112 | #147 | 0.94 |
| 1895 | 134 | #126 | 1.1 |
| 1894 | 94 | #164 | 0.81 |
| 1893 | 82 | #175 | 0.73 |
| 1892 | 93 | #173 | 0.76 |
| 1891 | 74 | #178 | 0.73 |
| 1890 | 61 | #213 | 0.55 |
| 1889 | 65 | #202 | 0.59 |
| 1888 | 67 | #217 | 0.55 |
| 1887 | 52 | #219 | 0.51 |
| 1886 | 50 | #242 | 0.45 |
| 1885 | 48 | #240 | 0.45 |
| 1884 | 51 | #238 | 0.45 |
| 1883 | 43 | #252 | 0.41 |
| 1882 | 38 | #282 | 0.33 |
| 1881 | 30 | #294 | 0.30 |
| 1880 | 41 | #266 | 0.37 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Vincent a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Vincent has been given almost only to boys: 1,420 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Vincent: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vincent, and how old are they?
257,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 71% of the 364,716 Americans ever recorded as Vincent. The median Vincent alive today is 37 years old; half are between 19 and 60.
The 2020 Census counted 237,080 people named Vincent (383 women and girls, 236,697 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 255,073 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 7,200 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 50,200 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 46,700 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 54,200 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 54,900 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 44,200 |
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 Vincent born?
The states with the most babies named Vincent are New York, California and Pennsylvania, with 39% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 68,609 | #81 | 2.4× |
| California | 42,893 | #99 | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 29,133 | #73 | 1.5× |
| New Jersey | 23,144 | #62 | 2.1× |
| Illinois | 18,369 | #66 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 15,521 | #169 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 14,664 | #66 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 11,221 | #133 | 0.9× |
| Massachusetts | 11,200 | #81 | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 11,143 | #72 | 0.8× |
Where Vincent is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Vincent is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 2.4 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 Vincent with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 365,027 babies since 1880, Vincent is the most given (100% of them). In 2025 it was given to 3,272 of their 3,277 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Vincent
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 Vincent and names like it
- Compare Vincent and VincientBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sVincent peaked in 1962.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vincent since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Vincent: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1962The year the most babies were named Vincent.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Vincent alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with VMost given first.