Vinny — #2792 US boys' name
1,296 babies named Vinny in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 80% of names given to boys today.
32% of everyone ever named Vinny was born in this single decade.
54 babies were named Vinny in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vinny
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,296 babies named Vinny between 1948 and 2024, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vinny currently holds the #2792 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 54 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vinny performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 420 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Vinny shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 180 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Vinny in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vinny 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 1,296 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.
Vinny at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vinny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1948
- Peak year (2011)
- 54
- Annual births at peak — across 77 years of records
Currently ranks #2792 among boys.
1,296 total births across 77 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 54 births in a single year.
Vinny by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 420 births that decade — 32% of Vinny's all-time total
Vinny decade highlights
- Peak decade 420 births
- Runner-up 221 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Vinny's strongest decade
420 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Vinny by state
Where Vinny concentrates geographically — total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 180 | 13.9% |
| #2 | California | | 178 | 13.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 30 | 2.3% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Minnesota | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.4% |
180 of 1,296 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 13.9% of nationwide
- California 13.7% of nationwide
- Texas 2.3% of nationwide
- Arizona 0.4% of nationwide
- Florida 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 13.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1948–2024 (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.