Vince

Where Vince comes from

Vince hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1962
    Peak, #321
    593 babies named Vince — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #454.
  4. 1967
    Vince Gilligan born
    American writer, producer, and director
  5. 1970
    Vince Vaughn born
    American actor
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • 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, born 1979

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.