Vincent
Vincent is ranked 111th among boys in 2024 (3,158 births). Its best rank was 58th, in 1966.
- Rank in 2024
- #111up 9 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3,1580.18% of boys
- Peak year
- 19626,161 births
- Best rank
- #58in 1966
- Since 1880
- 361,416people given the name
The story in the numbers
360,001 boys have been named Vincent in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1962, with 6,161 births — 0.30% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 104 → 111).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1970, and the 1960s alone account for 14%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 54 of them in the top 100.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,415 girls have also been given it, 0.39% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Vincent | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 485 | |
| 1890s | 1,027 | |
| 1900s | 1,954 | |
| 1910s | 18,285 | |
| 1920s | 26,237 | |
| 1930s | 19,407 | |
| 1940s | 23,897 | |
| 1950s | 35,352 | |
| 1960s | 49,476 | |
| 1970s | 27,641 | |
| 1980s | 32,064 | |
| 1990s | 36,712 | |
| 2000s | 35,269 | |
| 2010s | 36,830 | |
| 2020s | 15,365 |
In 1962, its biggest year
Vincent was the 66th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1962 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1962.
Names that rose and fell with Vincent
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Victorpeak 1990
- Vaughnpeak 1949
- Vancepeak 1969
- Alfonsopeak 1991
- Eugeniopeak 1982
- Nielspeak 1957
- Willypeak 1993
- Benitopeak 2023
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.