How rare is the name Vinh?

8,249 people in the United States have the first name Vinh, about 1 in 36,614. It ranks #2,806 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

VINH

#2,806

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,249
About
1 in 36,614
This common or more
80.9%
Who bears it

Of the 8,249 people named Vinh, 97.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.4% as two or more races. 90.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Vinh peaked in 1983, when 58 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19762025
Peak year
1983
Births that year
58
In 2025*
23 ▼60%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,551 babies have been given the name since 1976. 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.

Vinh by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #3,905. The largest share of babies named Vinh, 42%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#11,44455
1980s#3,905409
1990s#5,216373
2000s#6,413385
2010s#9,461236
2020s#12,22693
Generation X 1965–805.9%
Millennials 1981–9642%
Generation Z 1997–1236.1%
2013 and later16.1%

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.

Either side of Vinh

#2,804 Sana · 8,257#2,805 Jamey · 8,254#2,807 Lien · 8,235#2,807 Niki · 8,235

Spelled almost the same

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

#6,693 Vina · 2,368#13,345 Vin · 908#30,742 Vinu · 282#34,544 Vini · 236#48,328 Vino · 132#53,595 Vine · 95

Also a last name

As a last name, Vinh ranks #30,247 of 156,621, with 828 people. See Vinh as a last name

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