Vinson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- VIN-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Vinson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Vincent”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Vinson mean?
English: English surname meaning son of Vincent
“son of Vincent”
Fred M. Vinson served as Chief Justice of the United States from 1946 to 1953.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Vinson a girl's or a boy's name?
Vinson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vinson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Vinson, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 1969, with 75 boys. It first appears in the records in 1898.
Half of all the boys named Vinson in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vinson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 41 | #2,851 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 39 | #2,990 |
| 2008 | 32 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 45 | #2,448 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,018 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 35 | #2,344 |
| 1996 | 38 | #2,178 |
| 1995 | 36 | #2,205 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1993 | 44 | #1,870 |
| 1992 | 47 | #1,773 |
| 1991 | 49 | #1,671 |
| 1990 | 64 | #1,390 |
| 1989 | 50 | #1,585 |
| 1988 | 54 | #1,422 |
| 1987 | 49 | #1,465 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,789 |
| 1985 | 32 | #1,833 |
| 1984 | 34 | #1,689 |
| 1983 | 43 | #1,447 |
| 1982 | 33 | #1,733 |
| 1981 | 35 | #1,660 |
| 1980 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1979 | 36 | #1,598 |
| 1978 | 45 | #1,371 |
| 1977 | 40 | #1,450 |
| 1976 | 51 | #1,210 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,160 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,290 |
| 1973 | 59 | #1,054 |
| 1972 | 70 | #968 |
| 1971 | 71 | #965 |
| 1970 | 68 | #979 |
| 1969 | 75 | #880 |
| 1968 | 56 | #986 |
| 1967 | 53 | #992 |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,007 |
| 1965 | 59 | #957 |
| 1964 | 52 | #1,044 |
| 1963 | 62 | #955 |
| 1962 | 59 | #995 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,155 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,251 |
| 1959 | 46 | #1,140 |
| 1958 | 55 | #1,025 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,233 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,384 |
| 1955 | 45 | #1,104 |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,381 |
| 1953 | 26 | #1,479 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,429 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,429 |
| 1950 | 33 | #1,255 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,251 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,230 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,270 |
| 1946 | 33 | #1,216 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,295 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,629 |
| 1943 | 27 | #1,342 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,167 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,759 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,578 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,689 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,481 |
| 1936 | 22 | #1,417 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,837 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,022 |
| 1933 | 15 | #1,829 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,509 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,693 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,889 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,822 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,468 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,787 |
| 1925 | 31 | #1,304 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,588 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1921 | 17 | #1,979 |
| 1920 | 31 | #1,300 |
| 1919 | 33 | #1,230 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,498 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,586 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,221 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,075 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,267 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
Nicknames for Vinson
Names like Vinson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Winston, Jason, Clayton, Weston, Vincent, Steven, Dalton, Michael, Tyson, Damon, Travis, Ruben
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Vinson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vinson, updated 20 October 2026.