# Vinicius (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vinicius/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 400 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 400 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 41, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 16 | 5,717 |
| 2011 | 14 | 6,235 |
| 2012 | 12 | 7,015 |
| 2013 | 13 | 6,579 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10,567 |
| 2016 | 10 | 8,109 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,636 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,684 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,601 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10,539 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10,724 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7,731 |
| 2023 | 12 | 7,268 |
| 2024 | 15 | 6,168 |
| 2025 | 15 | 6,113 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Vinicius

- Vinícius Júnior, Brazilian association football player (born 2000)
- Vinícius de Moraes, Brazilian composer, singer, writer (1913–1980)
- Victor Vinícius Coelho dos Santos, Brazilian association football player
- Abner Vinícius, Brazilian footballer (born 2000)
- Carlos Vinícius, Brazilian association football player
- Lucas Vinicius Gonçalves Silva, Brazilian association football player
- Marcus Vinicius D'Almeida, Brazilian archer
- Vinícius Araújo, Brazilian association football player
- Vinicius Souza, Brazilian footballer
- Carlos Vinícius Santos de Jesus, Brazilian footballer
- Lázaro Vinícius, football player
- Vinícius Moreira de Lima, association football player

## 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.