Vinson
Vinson was given to 16 boys in 2025, #5,833 among boys’ names; 3,841 Americans have been recorded with it since 1898 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,810 Americans named Vinson and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (73% of everyone recorded); the median is 44 years old and half are between 26 and 59.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vinson by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Vinson mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Vinson is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Vinson?
#5,833 among boys’ names, 2025
Vinson fell from #4,535 in 2015 to #5,833 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 11.5 to 9.4 per million.
75 babies in 1969, the peak
Vinson peaked in 1969, when 75 boys were given it, #884 among boys’ names. The 16 births of 2025 are 21% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,833 | 9.4 |
| 2024 | 6 | #12,254 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,874 | 12.3 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,998 | 11.5 |
| 2021 | 10 | #8,118 | 5.7 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,723 | 16.8 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,891 | 15.6 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,597 | 17.1 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,511 | 17.3 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,287 | 18.4 |
Every recorded year (119)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 22 | #4,535 | 11.5 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,608 | 15.6 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,855 | 14.3 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,173 | 19.0 |
| 2011 | 41 | #2,899 | 21.6 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,357 | 12.0 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,040 | 19.7 |
| 2008 | 32 | #3,480 | 15.7 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,862 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,774 | 13.1 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,164 | 16.5 |
| 2004 | 45 | #2,482 | 22.7 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,721 | 12.1 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,085 | 15.5 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,833 | 11.3 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,984 | 15.3 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,787 | 16.1 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,501 | 18.3 |
| 1997 | 35 | #2,392 | 18.6 |
| 1996 | 38 | #2,212 | 20.1 |
| 1995 | 36 | #2,246 | 18.9 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,494 | 16.0 |
| 1993 | 44 | #1,900 | 22.4 |
| 1992 | 47 | #1,797 | 23.5 |
| 1991 | 49 | #1,691 | 24.3 |
| 1990 | 64 | #1,403 | 31.2 |
| 1989 | 50 | #1,609 | 25.0 |
| 1988 | 54 | #1,444 | 28.2 |
| 1987 | 49 | #1,480 | 26.2 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,833 | 18.5 |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,863 | 17.3 |
| 1984 | 34 | #1,717 | 18.8 |
| 1983 | 43 | #1,468 | 24.0 |
| 1982 | 33 | #1,770 | 18.2 |
| 1981 | 35 | #1,689 | 19.5 |
| 1980 | 32 | #1,805 | 17.9 |
| 1979 | 36 | #1,628 | 20.9 |
| 1978 | 45 | #1,392 | 27.4 |
| 1977 | 40 | #1,474 | 24.3 |
| 1976 | 51 | #1,224 | 32.5 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,169 | 33.9 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,308 | 27.3 |
| 1973 | 59 | #1,067 | 37.9 |
| 1972 | 70 | #975 | 43.2 |
| 1971 | 71 | #975 | 40.1 |
| 1970 | 68 | #988 | 36.6 |
| 1969 | 75 | #884 | 41.9 |
| 1968 | 56 | #995 | 32.2 |
| 1967 | 53 | #1,001 | 30.4 |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,014 | 29.2 |
| 1965 | 59 | #966 | 31.7 |
| 1964 | 52 | #1,058 | 26.1 |
| 1963 | 62 | #959 | 30.5 |
| 1962 | 59 | #1,005 | 28.5 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,176 | 21.7 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,271 | 18.3 |
| 1959 | 46 | #1,154 | 21.6 |
| 1958 | 55 | #1,037 | 25.9 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,246 | 18.5 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,414 | 14.7 |
| 1955 | 45 | #1,110 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,405 | 14.7 |
| 1953 | 26 | #1,505 | 13.2 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,458 | 14.4 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,458 | 14.3 |
| 1950 | 33 | #1,270 | 18.4 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,272 | 18.6 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,253 | 19.4 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,294 | 18.0 |
| 1946 | 33 | #1,233 | 20.3 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,324 | 19.3 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,679 | 13.2 |
| 1943 | 27 | #1,365 | 18.9 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,191 | 25.3 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,818 | 13.0 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,624 | 16.4 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,633 | 16.3 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,739 | 15.3 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,523 | 19.7 |
| 1936 | 22 | #1,458 | 21.2 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,921 | 14.4 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,119 | 12.6 |
| 1933 | 15 | #1,901 | 15.1 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,546 | 21.1 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,766 | 17.3 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,957 | 14.6 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,966 | 8.4 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,896 | 16.3 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,512 | 23.1 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,841 | 17.1 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,329 | 27.8 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,129 | 14.1 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,641 | 21.0 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,639 | 21.1 |
| 1921 | 17 | #2,051 | 15.4 |
| 1920 | 31 | #1,321 | 29.1 |
| 1919 | 33 | #1,246 | 33.7 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,534 | 23.7 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,639 | 22.7 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,765 | 20.2 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,058 | 9.4 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,257 | 35.1 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,108 | 42.9 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,344 | 32.6 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,728 | 26.6 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,829 | 25.7 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,364 | 38.9 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,304 | 40.8 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,280 | 40.8 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Vinson a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Vinson has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 119 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Vinson: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vinson, and how old are they?
2,810 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 73% of the 3,841 Americans ever recorded as Vinson. The median Vinson alive today is 44 years old; half are between 26 and 59.
The 2020 Census counted 2,381 people named Vinson (11 women and girls, 2,370 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,876 born in the U.S. The Census count is 17% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 75 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 511 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 758 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 640 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 516 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 305 |
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 Vinson born?
The states with the most babies named Vinson are Georgia, California and Texas, with 71% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 263 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| California | 205 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Texas | 110 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Florida | 71 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 57 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Alabama | 26 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New York | 24 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Tennessee | 15 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Michigan | 12 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Kentucky | 7 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Vinson is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Vinson is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 2.4 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 boys’ 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 Vinson with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Vinson
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
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 Vinson and names like it
- Compare Vinson and JustoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sVinson peaked in 1969.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vinson since 1910.
- The top names of 1969The year the most babies were named Vinson.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Vinson alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with VMost given first.