Vincent
Vincent is a masculine given name originating from the Roman name Vincentius, which itself comes from the Latin verb vincere, meaning "to conquer."
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Meaning & Origin of Vincent
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Vincent is a masculine given name originating from the Roman name Vincentius, which itself comes from the Latin verb vincere, meaning "to conquer."
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Vincent
Vincent first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 41 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1962, when 6,161 Vincents were born — ranking #66 that year. As of 2026, Vincent ranks #112 for baby boys with 3,098 births, gradually falling (-9%). In total, more than 366K Vincents have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Vincent
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Vincent. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Vincent
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- Vincent of Saragossa (died 304), deacon and martyr, patron saint of Lisbon and Valencia
- Vincent, Orontius, and Victor (died 305), martyrs who evangelized in the Pyrenees
- Vincent of Digne (died 379), French bishop of Digne
- Vincent of Lérins (died 445), Church father, Gallic author of early Christian writings
- Vincent Madelgarius (died 677), Benedictine monk who established two monasteries in France
- Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419), Valencian Dominican missionary and logician
- Vincent de Paul (1581–1660), Catholic priest who served the poor
- Vicente Liem de la Paz (Vincent Liem the Nguyen, 1732–1773), Vincent Duong, Vincent Tuong, and Vincent Yen Do of the Vietnamese Martyrs
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Names that sound like Vincent
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About the name Vincent
Vincent is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 366K births in the dataset. Vincent's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #58. Use the chart and map above to compare Vincent'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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