Vicente

What Vicente means

Spanish and Portuguese form of Vincent, meaning “conquering”

a male given name, equivalent to English Vincent || Borrowed from French Vincent, from Latin Vincentius, from vincēns (“conquering”), from the verb vincō.

Source: Wiktionary, “Vicente” (revision 93487712) and “Vincent” (revision 93935714), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Vicente?

US: Rising: up from #733 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3908 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 498 boys got the name (#589 that year). First in the US records in 1882.

How common

• About 1 in 3,430 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 13,597 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AZ (0.95 per 1,000 boys), ID (0.93 per 1,000 boys), CA (0.8 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Vicente is #589 in the US and #1359 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Vicente were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Vicente

Boys

• Ismael#263Form of Ishmael, meaning “God hears, God will hear”^*
• Rafael#218Variant of Raphael, meaning “God cures/has healed”^*
• Colter#157Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #157 vs #1,466 in 2025
• Walker#78Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #340 in 2015, #78 in 2025
• Tate#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #420 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• Sonny#298Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #822 in 2015, #298 in 2025

For a sister

• Hallie#120Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #565 in 2015, #120 in 2025
• Daisy#75From the word “daisy”^*
• Alanna#280Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*
• Celeste#188“heavenly”^*
• Miriam#246possibly “bitter”^*
• Alora#195“my dream”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Vicente’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.