How rare is the name Vince?

17,881 people in the United States have the first name Vince, about 1 in 16,891. It ranks #1,719 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

VINCE

#1,719

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,881
About
1 in 16,891
This common or more
76.6%
Who bears it

Of the 17,881 people named Vince, 61.5% reported their origin as White, 15% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Vince peaked in 1963, when 595 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
1963
Births that year
595
In 2025*
137 ▼77%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 12,710 babies have been given the name since 1882. 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.

Vince by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #903. The largest share of babies named Vince, 30.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#2,63811
1900s#3,95714
1910s#3,491131
1920s#3,887168
1930s#2,800235
1940s#2,026506
1950s#1,4141,395
1960s#9033,667
1970s#1,8591,090
1980s#2,313907
1990s#2,6081,046
2000s#2,7611,304
2010s#2,7121,481
2020s#3,046755
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–272.2%
Silent Generation 1928–454.2%
Baby boom 1946–6430.9%
Generation X 1965–8020.1%
Millennials 1981–9612.6%
Generation Z 1997–1216%
2013 and later13.9%

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.

Where Vince is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Vince has been most common in California (2.8×), Illinois (1.6×), and Texas (1.5×), and least common in Virginia (0.22×).

8,042 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Vince

1 other first name also has 17,881 people.

#1,719 Arya · 17,881

Either side of Vince

#1,718 Minh · 17,886#1,719 Arya · 17,881#1,721 Hubert · 17,834#1,722 Liana · 17,796

Spelled almost the same

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

#34,642 Vincy · 235#50,487 Vinci · 119#51,822 Vincie · 111

Also a last name

As a last name, Vince ranks #17,426 of 156,621, with 1,586 people. See Vince as a last name

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