boy's name

Vicente

  • Origin Latin
  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Top 1000 (US)
  • Births on record 23,667

the United States

#589

2025 births

Vicente is a boy's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 498 babies in the United States, ranking #589. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Vicente is a name of Latin origin.
  • Peaked in 2025, when 498 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 6,657 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1882.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Vicente over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

3,925
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Vicente by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 40
1890s 34
1900s 74
1910s 316
1920s 836
1930s 725
1940s 725
1950s 855
1960s 1,066
1970s 1,838
1980s 2,455
1990s 3,349
2000s 3,925
2010s 3,288
2020s (to 2025) 2,425

How popular is Vicente?

In 2025, Vicente was given to 498 babies in the United States, ranking #589 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Vicente is used

United States #589 498 in 2025
Ireland #990 3 in 2025
England & Wales #1,384 20 in 2025
Canada #1,897 11 in 2024
France #2,075 20 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Vicente is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Vicenté Vicenté is a rare spelling of Vicente, written with an acute accent and recorded about 10 times, mostly in France. 10

Names that peaked alongside Vicente

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Vicente also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Vicente over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Vicente in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Basque
Bixente
Catalan
Vicent
Dutch
Vince
Hungarian
Vince
Italian
Vincenzo
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Vincente

Sibling names for Vicente

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Vicente — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Vicente

How popular is the name Vicente?

In 2025, Vicente was given to 498 babies in the United States, ranking #589 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Vicente a girl's or a boy's name?

Vicente is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Vicente?

Vicente has 3 syllables.

When was Vicente most popular?

Vicente peaked in 2025, when 498 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Vicente a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Vicente currently ranks #589 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.