Girls' name · since 1880
Viney
Viney has 377 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1919 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,026 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 377
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Viney is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 377 have been recorded since 1880.
Viney has 377 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1968.
- #14,026 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 377 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Viney ranks #14,026 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 377 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #14,026 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 377
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Viney's 377 recorded births place it above 80.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Louisiana.
Viney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Viney's full recorded timeline at 1922, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1881, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1919 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Viney popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1968
- Peak year (1919)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 89 years of records
Viney by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (85 births, 23% of the file).
1920s was Viney's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Viney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 29
1880s
29 births
- 1890s 30
1890s
30 births
- 1900s
1900s
41 births
- 1910s
1910s
81 births
- 1920s
1920s
85 births
- 1930s
1930s
48 births
- 1940s
1940s
45 births
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 85 births (23% of all-time use).
Viney by state
Where Viney concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 6 | 1.6% |
6 of 377 births nationwide.
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What to do with Viney's data
- Viney's decade-level peak was the 1920s (85 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Louisiana records the most Vineys (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Louisiana names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Viney: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~88 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, 1880–1968 (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 Viney 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.