Meaning not yet researched.
Vinson: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 16 in 2025. Its best rank was #884 in 1969.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #884 in 1969; #5,835 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Vinson in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#5,835 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1969, at #884.
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Vinson: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 16 boys in 2025. Peak: #884 in 1969 · most boys in one year: 75 (1969).
In 2025, 16 US boys were named Vinson, making it the 5,835th most common boys’ name of the year, up 6,424 places from #12,259 in 2024. That is 10 more than the 6 boys named Vinson in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #884, reached in 1969. That year also had the most boys given the name: 75. For comparison, it was #4,537 in 2015 and #1,271 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Vinson in 119 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1898 with 5 babies. In all, 3,841 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 553 babies named Vinson.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 228 US boys were named Vinson; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 35. In 2025 that was about 1 in 106,755 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Venson and Vincen are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Vin, Vince, Vinnie and Vinny.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Venson (671), Vincen (123).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 16 | #5,835 |
| 2024 | — | — | 6 | #12,259 |
| 2023 | — | — | 21 | #4,878 |
| 2022 | — | — | 20 | #5,002 |
| 2021 | — | — | 10 | #8,123 |
| 2020 | — | — | 29 | #3,726 |
| 2019 | — | — | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2018 | — | — | 31 | #3,601 |
| 2017 | — | — | 32 | #3,515 |
| 2016 | — | — | 35 | #3,288 |
| 2015 | — | — | 22 | #4,537 |
| 2014 | — | — | 30 | #3,610 |
| 2013 | — | — | 27 | #3,857 |
| 2012 | — | — | 36 | #3,176 |
| 2011 | — | — | 41 | #2,900 |
| 2010 | — | — | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2009 | — | — | 39 | #3,041 |
| 2008 | — | — | 32 | #3,483 |
| 2007 | — | — | 42 | #2,864 |
| 2006 | — | — | 27 | #3,776 |
| 2005 | — | — | 33 | #3,168 |
| 2004 | — | — | 45 | #2,486 |
| 2003 | — | — | 24 | #3,726 |
| 2002 | — | — | 30 | #3,089 |
| 2001 | — | — | 22 | #3,838 |
| 2000 | — | — | 30 | #2,990 |
| 1999 | — | — | 31 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | — | — | 35 | #2,504 |
| 1997 | — | — | 35 | #2,395 |
| 1996 | — | — | 38 | #2,217 |
| 1995 | — | — | 36 | #2,251 |
| 1994 | — | — | 31 | #2,499 |
| 1993 | — | — | 44 | #1,905 |
| 1992 | — | — | 47 | #1,802 |
| 1991 | — | — | 49 | #1,697 |
| 1990 | — | — | 64 | #1,408 |
| 1989 | — | — | 50 | #1,614 |
| 1988 | — | — | 54 | #1,449 |
| 1987 | — | — | 49 | #1,482 |
| 1986 | — | — | 34 | #1,835 |
| 1985 | — | — | 32 | #1,864 |
| 1984 | — | — | 34 | #1,718 |
| 1983 | — | — | 43 | #1,469 |
| 1982 | — | — | 33 | #1,771 |
| 1981 | — | — | 35 | #1,690 |
| 1980 | — | — | 32 | #1,805 |
| 1979 | — | — | 36 | #1,628 |
| 1978 | — | — | 45 | #1,392 |
| 1977 | — | — | 40 | #1,474 |
| 1976 | — | — | 51 | #1,224 |
| 1975 | — | — | 53 | #1,169 |
| 1974 | — | — | 43 | #1,308 |
| 1973 | — | — | 59 | #1,067 |
| 1972 | — | — | 70 | #975 |
| 1971 | — | — | 71 | #975 |
| 1970 | — | — | 68 | #988 |
| 1969 | — | — | 75 | #884 |
| 1968 | — | — | 56 | #995 |
| 1967 | — | — | 53 | #1,001 |
| 1966 | — | — | 52 | #1,014 |
| 1965 | — | — | 59 | #966 |
| 1964 | — | — | 52 | #1,058 |
| 1963 | — | — | 62 | #960 |
| 1962 | — | — | 59 | #1,006 |
| 1961 | — | — | 46 | #1,177 |
| 1960 | — | — | 39 | #1,272 |
| 1959 | — | — | 46 | #1,155 |
| 1958 | — | — | 55 | #1,038 |
| 1957 | — | — | 40 | #1,247 |
| 1956 | — | — | 31 | #1,415 |
| 1955 | — | — | 45 | #1,111 |
| 1954 | — | — | 30 | #1,406 |
| 1953 | — | — | 26 | #1,506 |
| 1952 | — | — | 28 | #1,459 |
| 1951 | — | — | 27 | #1,459 |
| 1950 | — | — | 33 | #1,271 |
| 1949 | — | — | 33 | #1,273 |
| 1948 | — | — | 34 | #1,254 |
| 1947 | — | — | 33 | #1,295 |
| 1946 | — | — | 33 | #1,234 |
| 1945 | — | — | 26 | #1,325 |
| 1944 | — | — | 18 | #1,680 |
| 1943 | — | — | 27 | #1,366 |
| 1942 | — | — | 35 | #1,191 |
| 1941 | — | — | 16 | #1,818 |
| 1940 | — | — | 19 | #1,624 |
| 1939 | — | — | 18 | #1,633 |
| 1938 | — | — | 17 | #1,739 |
| 1937 | — | — | 21 | #1,523 |
| 1936 | — | — | 22 | #1,458 |
| 1935 | — | — | 15 | #1,921 |
| 1934 | — | — | 13 | #2,119 |
| 1933 | — | — | 15 | #1,901 |
| 1932 | — | — | 22 | #1,546 |
| 1931 | — | — | 18 | #1,766 |
| 1930 | — | — | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1929 | — | — | 9 | #2,968 |
| 1928 | — | — | 18 | #1,896 |
| 1927 | — | — | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1926 | — | — | 19 | #1,841 |
| 1925 | — | — | 31 | #1,329 |
| 1924 | — | — | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1923 | — | — | 23 | #1,642 |
| 1922 | — | — | 23 | #1,639 |
| 1921 | — | — | 17 | #2,052 |
| 1920 | — | — | 31 | #1,321 |
| 1919 | — | — | 33 | #1,246 |
| 1918 | — | — | 24 | #1,535 |
| 1917 | — | — | 21 | #1,640 |
| 1916 | — | — | 18 | #1,766 |
| 1915 | — | — | 8 | #3,059 |
| 1914 | — | — | 23 | #1,257 |
| 1913 | — | — | 22 | #1,108 |
| 1912 | — | — | 14 | #1,345 |
| 1911 | — | — | 6 | #1,729 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,830 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,365 |
| 1902 | — | — | 5 | #1,305 |
| 1898 | — | — | 5 | #1,281 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).