How rare is the name Vinay?

3,843 people in the United States have the first name Vinay, about 1 in 78,593. It ranks #4,727 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

VINAY

#4,727

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,843
About
1 in 78,593
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,843 people named Vinay, 95.2% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 1.9% as White and 1.4% as two or more races. 98.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Vinay peaked in 2003, when 47 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
2003
Births that year
47
In 2025*
7 ▼85%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,139 babies have been given the name since 1971. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Vinay by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #5,656. The largest share of babies named Vinay, 42.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#7,404120
1980s#5,656239
1990s#6,622263
2000s#7,295319
2010s#12,423159
2020s#20,54039
Generation X 1965–8012.6%
Millennials 1981–9633.7%
Generation Z 1997–1242.4%
2013 and later11.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Vinay, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Vinay ranks #74,891 of 156,621, with 278 people. See Vinay as a last name

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