Vinton — #12345 US boys' name
1,068 babies named Vinton in U.S. Social Security records since 1894, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to boys today.
18% of everyone ever named Vinton was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Vinton in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vinton
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,068 babies named Vinton between 1894 and 2024, spanning 131 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vinton currently holds the #12345 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vinton performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 188 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Vinton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and Maine. In total, SSA state-level files list Vinton in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vinton 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 1,068 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.
Vinton at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Vinton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1894
- Peak year (1916)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 131 years of records
Currently ranks #12345 among boys.
1,068 total births across 131 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 31 births in a single year.
Vinton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 188 births that decade — 18% of Vinton's all-time total
Vinton decade highlights
- Peak decade 188 births
- Runner-up 181 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Vinton's strongest decade
188 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Vinton by state
Where Vinton concentrates geographically — total births since 1894
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #2 | Iowa | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #3 | Maine | | 5 | 0.5% |
5 of 1,068 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 0.5% of nationwide
- Iowa 0.5% of nationwide
- Maine 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 0.5% 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, 1894–2024 (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.