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Vincent

Boys' name · Late 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~264,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#107 among boys
Births in 2025
3,272 364,716 since 1880
Typical age
37 years, median

Vincent popularity over time

Vincent rank by birth year, 1880–2025Vincent ranked #262 in 1880 and #107 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #58, in 1966.#100#107best #58 in 196618901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Vincent was used most in 1962, when 6,186 babies were given the name. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. Vincent has spent 54 years inside the national top 100.

The 2025 position is #107, on 3,272 births.

Babies named Vincent per yearPeaks at 6,186 births in 1962.6,186 in 1962018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Vincent?

Roughly 264,200 Vincents are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 364,716 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Vincent?

Half of living Vincents are older than 37, half younger. The 1960s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Vincent a late 20th-century perennial name.

Your Vincent

Ages of living people named VincentHalf of living Vincents are older than 37 and half younger.median 37020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Vincent is most common

Relative to births, Minnesota carries 2.1× the national share of Vincents. Wisconsin, New Hampshire and New Jersey follow.

Where Vincent is used more than average5 states use the name Vincent more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: 1.9× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: 2.1× the national rateMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: 1.9× the national rateWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 1.9× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 1.7× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Vincent is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Minnesota 957 2.1×
Wisconsin 845 1.9×
New Hampshire 145 1.9×
New Jersey 1,364 1.9×
Delaware 93 1.7×

Vincent in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Vincent ranked #93 in 2025 on 560 births. That is 30% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Vincent comes from

Borrowed from French Vincent, from Latin Vincentius, from vincēns (“conquering”), from the verb vincō.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Vincent

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Vincent van Gogh Dutch painter 1853–1890 264
Vincent Kompany Belgian association football player and manager 1986 67
Vincent Price American actor 1911–1993 66
Vincent de Paul French priest, founder and saint 1581–1660 64
Vincent Auriol 16th President of the French Republic 1884–1966 63
Vincent Cassel French actor 1966 59
Vincent du Vigneaud American biochemist 1901–1978 55
Vincent Aboubakar Cameroonian association football player 1992 54
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 506 in 1911 to 1,183 in 1912 — 2.3 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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