Vin
Vin is a masculine given name, usually a short form for Vincent, Calvin, Devin, Gavin, Marvin, Melvin, Alvin, Ervin, Elvin, among other names with the word "Vin" in them.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Vin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Vin is a masculine given name, usually a short form for Vincent, Calvin, Devin, Gavin, Marvin, Melvin, Alvin, Ervin, Elvin, among other names with the word "Vin" in them.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Vin
The earliest SSA record of Vin as a baby boy name dates back to 1947, when 5 babies received it. 2003 was its biggest year on record, with 19 newborns named Vin — #4,276 in the national rankings. About 37% of every Vin on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Vin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 249 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Vin
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Vin. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Vin
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About the name Vin
Vin is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1947 and has accumulated 249 births in the dataset. Vin's peak popularity came in 2003 when it ranked #4,276. Use the chart and map above to compare Vin's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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