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Vinton

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Vinton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 948th, in 1894.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
50.00% of boys
Peak year
191631 births
Best rank
#948in 1894
Since 1894
1,068people given the name
Babies named Vinton, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,068 boys have been named Vinton in the United States since 1894, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 31 births.

The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 31 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1942, and the 1920s alone account for 18%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Vinton
1890s12
1900s10
1910s181
1920s188
1930s114
1940s129
1950s103
1960s102
1970s64
1980s47
1990s31
2000s26
2010s51
2020s10

In 1916, its biggest year

Vinton was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1916 were John, William, James, Robert and Joseph. See all of 1916.

Names that rose and fell with Vinton

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.