How Many People Are Named Vinay?
people named Vinay are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 310,996 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,139 babies named Vinay in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
47 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "leading, guidance, modesty" in Sanskrit.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Vinay in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Vinay alive today is about 28 years old, and 57% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Vinay first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2003, to 47 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Vinay has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,015, in 1985. In 2025 it ranked #10,607.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,607 |
| Best rank | #2,015 (1985) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,169 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Vinay alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Vinay were born in California than in any other state: about 148 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Vinay was given 6.5 times as often in New Jersey, 3.8 times in California and 2.6 times in New York.
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