girls:
3.1k births since 1880
#3114 (46th percentile)
boys:
789 births since 1918
#3798 (17th percentile)
overall:
3.9k births since 1880
#4408 (43rd percentile)
The name Vinnie is the #4,408 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,894 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 43.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 43.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,114 (45.5% percentile) for all time with 3,105 births since 1880. For boys, it ranks #3,798 (17.1% percentile) for all time with 789 births since 1918.
Vinnie has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for girls and since 1918 for boys). Birth data for Vinnie is available in 141 out of the 144 years between 1880 and 2023 (107 years for girls and 74 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Vinnie has been given predominantly to girls, with 79.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 26.3% of babies named Vinnie were girls. Interestingly, until around 1976, the name was more popular for girls (92.2% girls from 1880 to 1975), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (87.2% boys from 1976 to 2023).
For girls, Vinnie reached its peak popularity in 1897, achieving the 12.6% percentile (ranked #285) with 185 births per million. The name was most common in 1881, with 243 births per million (ranked 8.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Vinnie ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 1.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Vinnie reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #732) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 12 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Vinnie ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 61.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Vinnie".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Vinnie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.7% confident that Vinnie is pronounced as VIH-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is VEE-nee, at 9.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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