Vinnie

What Vinnie means

Diminutive of Vincent, meaning “conquering”

diminutive of the male given name Vincent || Borrowed from French Vincent, from Latin Vincentius, from vincēns (“conquering”), from the verb vincō.

Source: Wiktionary, “Vinnie” (revision 83831292) and “Vincent” (revision 93935714), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Vinnie?

US: Rising: up from #8040 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #186 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1989, when 26 boys got the name (#2469 that year). First in the US records in 1918.

How common

• About 1 in 113,872 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 320 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 351 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.

US vs UK

Vinnie is #5861 in the US and #58 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 71.4% of US babies named Vinnie were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Vonnie5 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.

If you like Vinnie

Boys

• Malcolm#272Variant of Calum, meaning “dove”^*
• Walter#251“ruler + army, host”^*
• Dallas#238“dweller at the house in the dale”^*
• Wesley#52“west + wood, clearing”^*
• Louis#249“loud; famous + battle”^*
• Arthur#87possibly “bear”^*

For a sister

• Sylvia#300“forest”^*
• Blair#169“field, plain”^*
• Blake#295“black”^*
• Stevie#203Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #978 in 2015, #203 in 2025
• Scottie#126Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,533 in 2015, #126 in 2025
• Rosie#283Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #775 in 2015, #283 in 2025

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 Vinnie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.