Vinicius
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Vinicius is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Vinicius mean?
Latin: Roman family name, now used mainly in Brazil
The Brazilian poet Vinicius de Moraes wrote the lyrics of The Girl from Ipanema.
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Is Vinicius a girl's or a boy's name?
Vinicius is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vinicius in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 467% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Vinicius, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2009, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Vinicius in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
How popular is Vinicius in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Vinicius, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Vinicius in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vinicius in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
Nicknames for Vinicius
- Vini
Names like Vinicius
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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