Vina
Feminine
Vina is an ending that became a name. Alvina, Davina, Lavinia and Melvina all finish with the same sound, and nineteenth-century American families clipped it off and used it alone.
How old is the name Vina?
Vina was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Vina alive today was born around 1924, making them about 101 years old. About 1,600 people named Vina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Vina most popular?
Vina peaked in 1880, reaching #261 nationally. Today it ranks #11932, 11,671 places below that high. See the whole 1880 chart.
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Where it comes from
From -vina to Vina
The story of Vina
Names ending in -vina and -ina were plentiful in nineteenth-century American use, and when several share an ending the ending itself becomes usable — exactly as Bert served Albert and Herbert alike. Vina appears in American registers from the 1870s as a legal name in its own right, peaking around 1885, alongside Ina, Lena, Ora and Alta.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Vina has no meaning of its own; it inherits whichever parent a family had in mind. Through Alvina it is the Old English ælf and wine, 'elf friend'; through Davina, the Hebrew David, 'beloved'; through Lavinia, a name from Roman legend of unrecovered meaning. A separate Sanskrit word, vina, names a stringed instrument, unrelated by descent.
How the name formed
- -vina
- Alvina
- Vina
Related forms: Vena · Vina · Davina
Pronouncing Vina
VEE-nuh
Two syllables, stress on the first. Some families said VY-nuh with a long i; both are recorded.
Nicknames for Vina
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 1916100 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #261reached in 1880
- Change vs 2022
- −36.4%7 in 2025, from 11
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Vina in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Vena in English — spelling variant
- Vina in Spanish — same name
- Davina in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Vinas among us
people named Vina are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 229,610 born in 2025 was named Vina
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Vina sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Vina beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Vina in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Several substantial formal names can stand behind it, so the choice stays open.
- Four letters, two syllables, and easy for a child to write early.
- It is genuinely rare now while being entirely traditional.
- It has no meaning of its own — everything depends on which parent name is chosen.
- Two pronunciations of the first vowel are recorded.
- It is strongly period-coded to the late nineteenth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Vinas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,600 people named Vina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Vina in 2025?
- Vina ranks #11932 among US girl names in 2025, with 7 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Vina?
- About 1 in every 229,610 US girls born in 2025 was named Vina — 7 in all.
- Will my child share the name Vina with classmates?
- Vina will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Vina
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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