Vineta

Girls' name

Possibly vineyard

Vineta has been given to 225 babies in the U.S. since 1911. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1917, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Vineta, 1976

1 in 607,000

Vineta over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Vineta: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly vineyard

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Vineta means

Vineta may mean “vineyard”, associated with vinetum.

Origin, language, and formation

Vineta is used in Latvian.

Vineta comes through Latin vinetum.

Vineta is a modern formation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 225 girls were recorded with the name Vineta between 1911 and 1976. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1917; its best national rank was #2,184 in 1911.

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 Vineta?

Vineta had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1976, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1976: 1 in 607,000; 5 of 3,034,007 births
Among girls only: 1 in 293,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1976: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 420,604 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Vineta sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1976 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 420,604 children born in 1976 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Vineta. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vinetas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vineta was born before 1928 — so the typical Vineta is around 97 today.

Median birth year: 1928; About 97 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 31.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 20.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 45; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 31.6% of all recorded uses (71).

Is Vineta 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1917 (14)
Years since peak: 108; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 14.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,184; 1911

Spellings of Vineta

Vineta is not the most common spelling — Violeta is, with 16.1% against Vineta's 0.42%.

Violeta16.1%8,730
Vanesa12.1%6,539
Venita10.5%5,708
Vina9.7%5,267
Vita8.5%4,591
Neta6.0%3,226
Waneta4.6%2,466
Vanita3.8%2,056

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.

Vineta around the world

Where Vineta 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.

South Australia
1951–1951
#423
in 1951

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Vineta by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,184; 1911
Peak year: 1917; 14 that year
First recorded: 1911
Last recorded: 1976
All-time count: 225
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Vineta

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

Vineeta Vincie Vinaya Vinia Vinetta Vinessa Viney Vinie Vincent Veleta Coleta Vinnie Shweta Naketa Vaneta Vindhya Laneta Vinisha Reneta Loveta Vincy Boneta Alveta Arneta

Sibling names for Vineta

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

For a sister

Albina Nelle Orpha Antonette Harriette Winnifred Maurine Johnie

For a brother

Regis Meyer Rosario Lyman Winfield Dorsey Granville Abe

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