boys:
1.3k births since 1948
#3359 (27th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1948
#6491 (16th percentile)
The name Vinny is the #6,491 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,250 recorded births since 1948. This represents the 16.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,359 (26.7% percentile) for all time with 1,250 births since 1948.
Vinny first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1948 (first recorded for boys in 1948). Birth data for Vinny is available in 63 out of the 76 years between 1948 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Vinny reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 5.6% percentile (ranked #832) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 29 births per million (ranked 5.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Vinny is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #863 (5.3% percentile) with 29 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Vinny".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Vinny. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Vinny is pronounced as VIH-nee, which has 2 syllables.
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