Vinny
Boy · VIN-ee · Latin
Vinny is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “conquering”. In 2025 it ranked 347th for boys in the UK (137 babies) and 2,230th for boys in the US (63 babies).
What does Vinny mean?
Latin: pet form of Vincent
“conquering”
A pet form of Vincent or Vincenzo, from Latin vincere, to conquer.
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Is Vinny a girl's or a boy's name?
Vinny is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 137 boys in the UK and 63 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vinny in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #347among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 137about 1 in 2,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 137 boys in the UK were named Vinny, making it the 347th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 498th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 138 boys.
Half of all the boys named Vinny in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,060 boys in the UK were given Vinny or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #57, up from #347 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 342nd in England and Wales, 333rd in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.
Vinny in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 137 | #347 |
| 2024 | 138 | #352 |
| 2023 | 111 | #407 |
| 2022 | 94 | #476 |
| 2021 | 99 | #467 |
| 2020 | 86 | #498 |
| 2019 | 85 | #515 |
| 2018 | 62 | #645 |
| 2017 | 72 | #586 |
| 2016 | 56 | #691 |
| 2015 | 70 | #588 |
| 2014 | 85 | #519 |
| 2013 | 63 | #617 |
| 2012 | 64 | #619 |
| 2011 | 60 | #635 |
| 2010 | 37 | #867 |
| 2009 | 40 | #797 |
| 2008 | 25 | #1,102 |
| 2007 | 38 | #796 |
| 2006 | 34 | #823 |
| 2005 | 29 | #866 |
| 2004 | 25 | #921 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,081 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,193 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,346 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Vinny in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,230among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 63about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 63 boys in the US were named Vinny, making it the 2,230th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. It first appears in the records in 1948.
2025 had the most boys named Vinny of any year since it first appeared, in 1948.
Half of all the boys named Vinny in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 boys in the US were given Vinny or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,707, up from #2,230 for this spelling alone.
- Vinny 63
- Vinnie 15
Vinny in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #2,230 |
| 2024 | 46 | #2,789 |
| 2023 | 53 | #2,509 |
| 2022 | 42 | #2,960 |
| 2021 | 45 | #2,774 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,200 |
| 2019 | 45 | #2,765 |
| 2018 | 43 | #2,795 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 49 | #2,527 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 42 | #2,761 |
| 2012 | 52 | #2,414 |
| 2011 | 54 | #2,345 |
| 2010 | 36 | #3,127 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 22 | #1,699 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1961 | 21 | #1,777 |
| 1960 | 22 | #1,727 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,110 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,176 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
Nicknames for Vinny
- Vin 7 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Vinny
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Vinny
Vinnie Vinni
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