Vinnie

Where Vinnie comes from

The dictionaries list Vinnie as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name Vincent — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #367 among girls — 20 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1881
    Peak, #325
    24 babies named Vinnie — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1952
    Vinnie Vincent born
    American guitarist
  4. 1964
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #4,355.
  5. 1965
    Vinnie Jones born
    British footballer and actor
  6. 2023
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Vincent.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Lavinia.
Namesakes
  • Vinnie Jones · British footballer and actor, born 1965
  • Vinnie Vincent · American guitarist, born 1952
  • Vinnie Moore · American guitarist, born 1964
  • Vinnie Colaiuta · American drummer, born 1956
  • Vinnie Paz · American rapper, born 1977

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.