Vinnie
Vinnie is given to both girls and boys: 6 girls and 15 boys were given it in 2025 (#14,816 among girls’ names and #6,111 among boys’, #10,251 among all names counting both); 3,939 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,480 Americans named Vinnie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (37% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 30 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vinnie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Vinnie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Vinnie is “a diminutive of the female given name Lavinia.”
Also “a diminutive of the male given name Vincent.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Vinnie?
#14,816 among girls’ names, 2025
Vinnie rose from #18,947 in 2015 to #14,816 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 2.8 to 3.7 per million.
66 babies in 1916, the peak
Vinnie peaked in 1916, when 66 girls were given it, #838 among girls’ names. The 21 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 32% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #14,816 | 15 | #6,111 |
| 2024 | 8 | #12,075 | 16 | #5,876 |
| 2023 | 5 | #17,444 | 14 | #6,481 |
| 2022 | 8 | #12,176 | 8 | #9,763 |
| 2021 | under 5 | 11 | #7,543 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 10 | #8,007 | |
| 2019 | 5 | #17,825 | 8 | #9,679 |
| 2018 | under 5 | 12 | #7,098 | |
| 2017 | 6 | #15,785 | 11 | #7,503 |
| 2016 | under 5 | 12 | #7,116 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #18,947 | 9 | #8,695 |
| 2014 | under 5 | 12 | #7,020 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 19 | #4,963 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 12 | #7,010 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 13 | #6,549 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 11 | #7,553 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 7 | #10,908 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 13 | #6,735 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 13 | #6,586 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 5 | #13,914 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 8 | #9,052 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 14 | #5,784 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 11 | #6,499 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 11 | #6,415 | |
| 2000 | 7 | #13,093 | 11 | #6,288 |
| 1999 | under 5 | 9 | #7,099 | |
| 1998 | 5 | #16,495 | 9 | #6,805 |
| 1997 | under 5 | 12 | #5,267 | |
| 1996 | 6 | #13,457 | 15 | #4,383 |
| 1995 | under 5 | 13 | #4,773 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 12 | #5,091 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 23 | #3,029 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 25 | #2,823 | |
| 1991 | 6 | #13,088 | 15 | #3,990 |
| 1990 | under 5 | 15 | #3,954 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 26 | #2,533 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 18 | #3,066 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 11 | #4,222 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 5 | #7,771 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 8 | #4,881 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 10 | #4,217 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 12 | #3,593 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 6 | #6,209 | |
| 1979 | 11 | #6,176 | 7 | #5,332 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,931 | 12 | #3,391 |
| 1977 | 5 | #11,291 | 9 | #4,152 |
| 1976 | under 5 | 6 | #5,560 | |
| 1975 | 6 | #9,035 | under 5 | |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,351 | 5 | #5,979 |
| 1973 | under 5 | 7 | #4,484 | |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,540 | 8 | #3,949 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,608 | 5 | #5,626 |
| 1970 | 5 | #9,323 | 7 | #4,214 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,443 | 12 | #2,678 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,768 | 7 | #3,665 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,838 | 5 | #4,527 |
| 1966 | 8 | #5,259 | 9 | #2,975 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,946 | 8 | #3,236 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,631 | 13 | #2,405 |
| 1963 | 17 | #3,172 | 15 | #2,197 |
| 1962 | 22 | #2,664 | 13 | #2,358 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,836 | 9 | #3,086 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,366 | 18 | #1,970 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,974 | 12 | #2,524 |
| 1958 | 21 | #2,577 | 7 | #3,549 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,805 | 13 | #2,369 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,719 | 14 | #2,257 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,218 | 8 | #3,192 |
| 1954 | 28 | #2,023 | 11 | #2,584 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,830 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 39 | #1,558 | 6 | #3,712 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,526 | 8 | #3,056 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,791 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,842 | under 5 | |
| 1948 | 51 | #1,296 | under 5 | |
| 1947 | 40 | #1,507 | 8 | #3,084 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,374 | under 5 | |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,585 | 6 | #3,316 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,740 | under 5 | |
| 1943 | 39 | #1,324 | under 5 | |
| 1942 | 30 | #1,532 | under 5 | |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,748 | under 5 | |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,401 | under 5 | |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,473 | under 5 | |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,378 | 6 | #3,521 |
| 1937 | 41 | #1,131 | under 5 | |
| 1936 | 32 | #1,293 | under 5 | |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,161 | under 5 | |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,406 | under 5 | |
| 1933 | 35 | #1,222 | under 5 | |
| 1932 | 45 | #1,069 | under 5 | |
| 1931 | 43 | #1,091 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 1930 | 43 | #1,143 | 5 | #4,515 |
| 1929 | 41 | #1,173 | under 5 | |
| 1928 | 47 | #1,113 | under 5 | |
| 1927 | 31 | #1,482 | under 5 | |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,353 | under 5 | |
| 1925 | 45 | #1,159 | under 5 | |
| 1924 | 61 | #984 | under 5 | |
| 1923 | 46 | #1,141 | under 5 | |
| 1922 | 55 | #1,021 | under 5 | |
| 1921 | 52 | #1,056 | under 5 | |
| 1920 | 64 | #913 | under 5 | |
| 1919 | 57 | #942 | under 5 | |
| 1918 | 51 | #1,017 | 5 | #4,775 |
| 1917 | 64 | #865 | under 5 | |
| 1916 | 66 | #838 | under 5 | |
| 1915 | 60 | #849 | under 5 | |
| 1914 | 38 | #970 | under 5 | |
| 1913 | 34 | #924 | under 5 | |
| 1912 | 38 | #819 | under 5 | |
| 1911 | 25 | #873 | under 5 | |
| 1910 | 27 | #844 | under 5 | |
| 1909 | 27 | #790 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 33 | #677 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 24 | #774 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 34 | #621 | under 5 | |
| 1905 | 24 | #758 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 36 | #569 | under 5 | |
| 1903 | 24 | #693 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 25 | #686 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | 27 | #614 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | 43 | #518 | under 5 | |
| 1899 | 31 | #548 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 42 | #480 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 46 | #437 | under 5 | |
| 1896 | 32 | #537 | under 5 | |
| 1895 | 37 | #487 | under 5 | |
| 1894 | 39 | #449 | under 5 | |
| 1893 | 25 | #568 | under 5 | |
| 1892 | 37 | #451 | under 5 | |
| 1891 | 36 | #422 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | 33 | #461 | under 5 | |
| 1889 | 30 | #453 | under 5 | |
| 1888 | 30 | #456 | under 5 | |
| 1887 | 25 | #458 | under 5 | |
| 1886 | 31 | #393 | under 5 | |
| 1885 | 28 | #393 | under 5 | |
| 1884 | 33 | #347 | under 5 | |
| 1883 | 25 | #373 | under 5 | |
| 1882 | 24 | #371 | under 5 | |
| 1881 | 24 | #336 | under 5 | |
| 1880 | 20 | #374 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Vinnie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,939 Americans recorded as Vinnie, 79% are girls and 21% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Vinnie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vinnie, and how old are they?
1,480 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 37% of the 3,939 Americans ever recorded as Vinnie. The median Vinnie alive today is 59 years old; half are between 30 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 2,036 people named Vinnie (772 women and girls, 1,264 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,583 born in the U.S. The Census count is 29% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 172 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 517 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 205 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 210 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 168 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 199 |
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 Vinnie born?
The states with the most babies named Vinnie are Georgia, Alabama and New York, with 62% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 169 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Alabama | 99 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| New York | 87 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| California | 51 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| North Carolina | 45 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Mississippi | 33 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Tennessee | 30 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Texas | 18 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Oklahoma | 12 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| South Carolina | 11 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Vinnie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Vinnie is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 1.8 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 girls’ 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 Vinnie 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 6 names spelled alike, given to 5,270 babies since 1880, Vinnie is the most given (75% of them). In 2025 it was given to 21 of their 36 babies (58%), 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 Vinnie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Donie | 1,087 |
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 Vinnie and names like it
- Compare Vinnie and VianneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sVinnie peaked in 1916.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vinnie since 1910.
- The top names of 1916The year the most babies were named Vinnie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Vinnie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with VMost given first.