Vinnie
Feminine · “conquering”
Vinnie is given to both — 3,119 girls and 820 boys since 1880. See Vinnie as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Vinnie for a daughter is Lavinia or Vincentia shortened — and through Vincent the meaning is conquering, from a Latin verb that gave us victory and convince alike.
How old is the name Vinnie?
Vinnie was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Vinnie alive today was born around 1922, making them about 103 years old. About 800 people named Vinnie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Vinnie most popular?
Vinnie peaked in 1881, reaching #325 nationally. Today it ranks #13208, 12,883 places below that high. See the whole 1881 chart.
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Where it comes from
From vincens to Vinnie
The story of Vinnie
Lavinia was a favorite name of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century English literature, and Vincentia a Catholic feminine of Vincent. Both were clipped to Vinnie in speech, and American families registered the clipping outright. Vinnie appears in the registers through the nineteenth century and peaked around 1885.
Meaningscholars disagree
conquering
Two routes. Through Vincentia, from the Latin vincens, 'conquering' — the present participle of vincere, 'to conquer', which also gives victory and evince. Or through Lavinia, the wife of Aeneas in the Aeneid, whose name is Latin but of unrecovered meaning.
How the name formed
- vincens
- Vincentia
- Vinnie
Related forms: Vinny · Lavinia · Vincenza
Pronouncing Vinnie
VIN-ee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Vinnie and Vinny are said identically.
Nicknames for Vinnie
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
- 191764 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #325reached in 1881
- Change vs 2023
- +20.0%6 in 2025, from 5
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.
Vinnie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Vinny in English — spelling variant
- Lavinia in English — related form
- Vincenza in Italian — related form
Vinnies among us
people named Vinnie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 267,878 born in 2025 was named Vinnie
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
Vinnie 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
Vinnie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Vinnie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The conquering meaning is transparent and unusually forceful.
- Lavinia is available as a full formal version with real literary history.
- It is warm and immediately friendly.
- In modern English the name reads as masculine.
- The parent name is genuinely ambiguous.
- It is strongly period-coded to the nineteenth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Vinnies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Vinnie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Vinnie in 2025?
- Vinnie ranks #13208 among US girl names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Vinnie?
- About 1 in every 267,878 US girls born in 2025 was named Vinnie — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Vinnie with classmates?
- Vinnie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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