Vinh — #4611 US boys' name
1,518 babies named Vinh in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 68% of names given to boys today.
26% of everyone ever named Vinh was born in this single decade.
58 babies were named Vinh in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vinh
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,518 babies named Vinh between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vinh currently holds the #4611 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 58 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vinh performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 399 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Vinh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 438 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Vinh in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vinh 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 1,518 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.
Vinh at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vinh popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (1983)
- 58
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #4611 among boys.
1,518 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 58 births in a single year.
Vinh popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 1982 (Vinh as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Vinh accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Vinh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 399 births that decade — 26% of Vinh's all-time total
Vinh decade highlights
- Peak decade 399 births
- Runner-up 385 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Vinh's strongest decade
399 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Vinh by state
Where Vinh concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 438 | 28.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 113 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Washington | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.3% |
438 of 1,518 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 28.9% of nationwide
- Texas 7.4% of nationwide
- Washington 0.7% of nationwide
- Louisiana 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 28.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.