Vincent

What Vincent means

Means “conquering”

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

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

How popular is Vincent?

US: Steady: #109 in 2015, #107 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #145 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1963, when 6,152 boys got the name (#61 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 523 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 486 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 655 baby boys in Scotland 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 RI (5.44 per 1,000 boys), WY (4.59 per 1,000 boys), CT (4.09 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Vincent is #107 in the US and #93 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.8% of US babies named Vincent were boys.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Vincente27 US
• Vyncent5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Nicknames

• Vince
• Vinnie

Listed on Wiktionary under “pet forms”.

If you like Vincent

Boys

• Rex#859“king”^*
• Lionel#659“lion”^*
• Francis#420“Frankish (man); a Frank”^*
• Julius#424Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #424 vs #976 in 2025
• Lawrence#518Editor’s note Down from #499 in 2015 to #518 in 2025 in the US
• Leon#138“lion”^*

For a sister

• Regina#395“queen”^*
• Sylvia#300“forest”^*
• Beatrice#508“she who makes happy”^*
• Loretta#606Diminutive of Laura, meaning “laurel tree”^*
• Johanna#869“God is gracious”^*
• Rosalie#171“rose”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Vincent’s. Rank is US 2025.