# Vince (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vince/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /vɪns/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,710 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12,705 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 247, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5 | 15,686 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 161 | 1,131 |
| 2012 | 151 | 1,194 |
| 2013 | 160 | 1,139 |
| 2014 | 152 | 1,212 |
| 2015 | 142 | 1,270 |
| 2016 | 151 | 1,240 |
| 2017 | 139 | 1,305 |
| 2018 | 152 | 1,226 |
| 2019 | 115 | 1,491 |
| 2020 | 110 | 1,525 |
| 2021 | 111 | 1,576 |
| 2022 | 138 | 1,364 |
| 2023 | 133 | 1,395 |
| 2024 | 126 | 1,447 |
| 2025 | 137 | 1,364 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9 | 2,199 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,669 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,560 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,986 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## People named Vince

- Vince Vaughn, American actor (born 1970)
- Vince Gilligan, American writer, producer, and director (born 1967)
- Vince Carter, American basketball player (born 1977)
- Vince Lombardi, American football player, coach, and executive (1913-1970)
- Vince Grella, Australian association football player
- Vince Edwards, American actor (1928–1996)
- Vince Flynn, American writer of fiction (1966-2013)
- Vince Barnett, actor (1902-1977)
- Vince Zampella, American video game designer (1970–2025)
- Vince Foster, American lawyer (1945-1993)
- Vince Dunn, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1996)
- Vince Vieluf, American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.