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Vince

#1,364 in 2025Boys' name

Conquering, through Vincent

Vince has been given to 12,710 babies in the U.S. since 1882. In 2025 it ranked #1,364 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1963, with 595 recorded.

Babies named Vince, 2025

1 in 24,200

Vince over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Vince: meaning, origin, and history

Conquering, through Vincent

English

What Vince means

Vince belongs to the name family reached through Vince → Vincent. Its meaning is “conquering”.

Origin, language, and formation

Vince is used in English, French and Hungarian. Its origins include English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Vincent.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Vince is pronounced /vɪns/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 12,705 boys were recorded with the name Vince between 1882 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 595 in 1963; its best national rank was #321 in 1962.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,525 in 2020 to #1,364 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,270 in 2015 to #1,364 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Vince between 1995 and 1995. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1995; its best national rank was #15,680 in 1995.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Vince?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 24,200
137 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 12,500
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,364
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
16,774 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Vince sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 16,774 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Vince. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vinces were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vince was born before 1970 — so the typical Vince is around 55 today.

Median birth year
1970
About 55 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
28.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
27.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
11,640
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1960s — 28.9% of all recorded uses (3,667).

Is Vince rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+83
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+161
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−94
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.96×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
23.0%
Peak was 1963 (595)
Years since peak
62
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#321
1962

Spellings of Vince

Vince is not the most common spelling — Vincent is, with 66.8% against Vince's 2.3%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Vince is used

Across 2016–2025, Vince was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 5,000 boys, against 1 in 13,676 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

120 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in 5,000
  2. 2Utah1 in 5,556
  3. 3California1 in 7,692
  4. 4Massachusetts1 in 11,111
  5. 5New York1 in 11,111
  6. 6Texas1 in 12,500
  7. 7Wisconsin1 in 12,500
  8. 8Florida1 in 16,667

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Vince around the world

Where Vince ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2024
    #4,271
    in 2024
  • Ireland
    2003–2006
    #596
    in 2006
  • France
    1989–2025
    #5,784
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,144
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1949–2010
    #754
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Vince

People whose public names include Vince, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Vince in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Vince. Linked forms have their own page here.

VicentVicenteVincentVinzentVincenteVincenzoVicençVincasVincencVinzenzWincentyVikentijeVincentius

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Vince by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,364
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 161
Best rank ever
#321
1962
Peak year
1963
595 that year
First recorded
1882
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
12,705
Count in 2025
137

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#15,680
1995
Peak year
1995
5 that year
First recorded
1995
Last recorded
1995
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Vince

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

VinsonVanceVinnyVinayVincenzoPrinceRanceVinhLanceChanceVinnieVincenteTerenceVintonCadenceLaurenceTorranceKadenceVincentTorrencePrynceVinicioQuinceTerrance

Names with a curve like Vince

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Vince, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

LyndonDinoKipRichieLennyDerwinMitchRobStevieCurtRichDaren

Sibling names for Vince

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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