How Many People Are Named Vinny?
An estimated 1,240 people in the United States have the first name Vinny. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Vinny peaked in popularity in 2011 with 54 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Vinny as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Vinny paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,240
About 1 in 276,415 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
2011
54 births
Total Registered
1,296
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Vinny
Vinny is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 1,296 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Vinny as a male name
Ranked #2,824 in 2024
46 male births in 2024
Peak: 2011 (54 births)
Vinny: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Vinny span from the 1940s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 420 babies were registered. While Vinny is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Vinny by Decade
How has Vinny tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Vinny by State
Birth registrations for Vinny span all 8 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, California, Texas. The lowest are in Ohio, Minnesota, Massachusetts. On average, about 52 Vinnys were registered per state.
Vinny + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Vinny as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Vinny
Other first names starting with V with a similar number of bearers.
Vinny: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Vinny?
We estimate approximately 1,240 people named Vinny are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 276,415 Americans share this first name.
Is Vinny a common name?
Vinny is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 91.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,296 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Vinny most popular?
Vinny reached peak popularity in 2011, when 54 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Vinny is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Vinny a male name?
Vinny is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Vinny Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Vinny Smith, Vinny Johnson, Vinny Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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