Unisex name · since 1880
Vinnie
Vinnie has 3,119 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1916 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,522 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,210 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,119
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Vinnie currently ranks #13210 among unisex names in America, with 3,119 babies recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vinnie has been recorded 3,119 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #13210 nationally and more common than 24% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #3,522 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,210 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,119 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vinnie ranks #3,522 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,210 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,119 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #3,522 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,210 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,119
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Vinnie's 3,119 recorded births place it above 95.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Vinnie compares
3,119 Top 18% higher than 82% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Vinnie's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Vinnie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,119 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 66 | 21 | 19,840 |
Vinnie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Vinnie splits its recorded history at 1934: 35% of all births land in the more recent half, 65% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1916 peak of 66 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Vinnie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1916)
- 66
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Vinnie popularity over time - boys
820 total births recorded since 1918 (Vinnie as boys' name)
Vinnie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (477 births, 15% of the file).
1920s was Vinnie's strongest decade.
477 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 15% of all-time use.
Vinnie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
270 births
- 1890s
1890s
358 births
- 1900s
1900s
297 births
- 1910s
1910s
460 births
- 1920s
1920s
477 births
- 1930s
1930s
362 births
- 1940s
1940s
333 births
- 1950s
1950s
285 births
- 1960s 147
1960s
147 births
- 1970s 63
1970s
63 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
- 2020s 27
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 477 births (15% of all-time use).
How Vinnie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Vinnie's total volume
Vinnie by state
Where Vinnie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 169 | 5.4% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 99 | 3.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 57 | 1.8% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 45 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 33 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 30 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Texas | | 18 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Oklahoma | | 12 | 0.4% |
169 of 3,119 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Vinnie appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Vinnie's data
- Vinnie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (477 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Vinnies (169 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia 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 Vinnie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Vinnie 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.