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Vinay

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Vinay is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
50.00% of boys
Peak year
200347 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1971
1,132people given the name
Babies named Vinay, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,132 boys have been named Vinay in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2003, with 47 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 2000s alone account for 28%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Vinay
1970s120
1980s239
1990s263
2000s319
2010s159
2020s32

In 2003, its biggest year

Vinay was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2003 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Andrew. See all of 2003.

Names that rose and fell with Vinay

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.