Fun Facts About the Name Vicente
- More than 21 thousand babies named Vicente: U.S. records list 21,949 babies given the name Vicente from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Vicente Mean?
Vicente is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the Latin name Vincentius, which is built on the present participle vincens (stem vincent-), meaning "conquering" or "prevailing," from the verb vincere, "to conquer, to win." The literal sense of the name is therefore "conquering" or "one who prevails."
A secondary, symbolic reading grew out of Christian use: in the martyrs who bore the name, the "conquest" was understood as victory over sin and death rather than military victory. That interpretation is devotional and comes after the Latin etymology, not from it.
Vicente Name History & Origins
Vincentius was a Latin personal name of the Roman world, and it was carried by two early Christian figures whose cults spread widely: Vincent of Saragossa, a deacon traditionally martyred around 304, and Vincent of Lérins, a monk who died around 445. Devotion to Vincent of Saragossa was strong in the Iberian Peninsula - he is the patron saint of Lisbon - and the name took firm root there in its local forms.
From Latin the name passed into the Romance languages with the usual sound and ending changes: Spanish and Portuguese Vicente, Catalan Vicenç, Galician Vicente, Italian Vincenzo, and French Vincent. In Spanish and Portuguese the Latin ending -ius was lost and the name settled into its two-syllable-stem form ending in -e. The feminine counterpart in Spanish is Vicenta.
Because Spain and Portugal carried both the name and the saint's devotion to the Americas, Vicente became established throughout Latin America as well as in Spain and Portugal, and it is used today in Hispanic and Lusophone communities in the United States.
How Popular is the Name Vicente?
Vicente recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2025. Its best rank was #522 in 1994.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #589 | 498 | 0.0292% |
| 2024 | #639 | 438 | 0.0255% |
| 2023 | #628 | 442 | 0.0259% |
| 2022 | #681 | 399 | 0.0229% |
| 2021 | #762 | 330 | 0.0189% |
| 2020 | #766 | 315 | 0.0183% |
| 2019 | #717 | 342 | 0.0191% |
| 2018 | #714 | 340 | 0.0187% |
| 2017 | #770 | 306 | 0.0165% |
| 2016 | #730 | 336 | 0.0177% |
| 2015 | #735 | 333 | 0.0174% |
| 2014 | #746 | 319 | 0.0166% |
| 2013 | #737 | 318 | 0.0168% |
| 2012 | #712 | 333 | 0.0176% |
| 2011 | #699 | 331 | 0.0174% |
| 2010 | #707 | 330 | 0.0172% |
| 2009 | #685 | 354 | 0.0178% |
| 2008 | #628 | 394 | 0.0193% |
| 2007 | #598 | 421 | 0.0203% |
| 2006 | #602 | 404 | 0.0197% |
| 2005 | #564 | 420 | 0.0210% |
| 2004 | #564 | 404 | 0.0204% |
| 2003 | #591 | 367 | 0.0186% |
| 2002 | #557 | 399 | 0.0206% |
| 2001 | #551 | 387 | 0.0199% |
| 2000 | #560 | 375 | 0.0191% |
| 1999 | #573 | 342 | 0.0178% |
| 1998 | #566 | 349 | 0.0183% |
| 1997 | #543 | 366 | 0.0194% |
| 1996 | #580 | 315 | 0.0166% |
| 1995 | #568 | 324 | 0.0170% |
| 1994 | #522 | 376 | 0.0195% |
| 1993 | #536 | 364 | 0.0186% |
| 1992 | #574 | 315 | 0.0158% |
| 1991 | #579 | 306 | 0.0151% |
| 1990 | #588 | 293 | 0.0143% |
| 1989 | #564 | 295 | 0.0147% |
| 1988 | #597 | 246 | 0.0129% |
| 1987 | #596 | 233 | 0.0125% |
| 1986 | #611 | 213 | 0.0116% |
| 1985 | #585 | 225 | 0.0122% |
| 1984 | #526 | 265 | 0.0147% |
| 1983 | #534 | 246 | 0.0137% |
| 1982 | #552 | 245 | 0.0135% |
| 1981 | #531 | 250 | 0.0140% |
| 1980 | #559 | 237 | 0.0133% |
| 1979 | #586 | 213 | 0.0124% |
| 1978 | #584 | 210 | 0.0128% |
| 1977 | #583 | 208 | 0.0127% |
| 1976 | #535 | 228 | 0.0145% |
| 1975 | #556 | 212 | 0.0136% |
| 1974 | #618 | 171 | 0.0109% |
| 1973 | #622 | 161 | 0.0103% |
| 1972 | #630 | 157 | 0.0097% |
| 1971 | #664 | 155 | 0.0088% |
| 1970 | #744 | 123 | 0.0066% |
| 1969 | #666 | 141 | 0.0079% |
| 1968 | #692 | 120 | 0.0069% |
| 1967 | #734 | 101 | 0.0058% |
| 1966 | #721 | 107 | 0.0060% |
| 1965 | #742 | 100 | 0.0054% |
| 1964 | #781 | 94 | 0.0047% |
| 1963 | #735 | 112 | 0.0055% |
| 1962 | #749 | 105 | 0.0051% |
| 1961 | #784 | 95 | 0.0045% |
| 1960 | #803 | 91 | 0.0043% |
| 1959 | #813 | 89 | 0.0042% |
| 1958 | #803 | 88 | 0.0041% |
| 1957 | #817 | 86 | 0.0040% |
| 1956 | #735 | 101 | 0.0048% |
| 1955 | #790 | 86 | 0.0042% |
| 1954 | #786 | 84 | 0.0041% |
| 1953 | #753 | 90 | 0.0046% |
| 1952 | #804 | 77 | 0.0040% |
| 1951 | #828 | 73 | 0.0039% |
| 1950 | #766 | 81 | 0.0045% |
| 1949 | #760 | 83 | 0.0047% |
| 1948 | #736 | 84 | 0.0048% |
| 1947 | #763 | 82 | 0.0045% |
| 1946 | #776 | 74 | 0.0046% |
| 1945 | #690 | 78 | 0.0058% |
| 1944 | #752 | 69 | 0.0051% |
| 1943 | #821 | 65 | 0.0046% |
| 1942 | #899 | 55 | 0.0040% |
| 1941 | #845 | 57 | 0.0046% |
| 1940 | #688 | 78 | 0.0067% |
| 1939 | #753 | 65 | 0.0059% |
| 1938 | #729 | 71 | 0.0064% |
| 1937 | #674 | 79 | 0.0074% |
| 1936 | #880 | 49 | 0.0047% |
| 1935 | #708 | 74 | 0.0071% |
| 1934 | #747 | 68 | 0.0066% |
| 1933 | #720 | 72 | 0.0073% |
| 1932 | #707 | 77 | 0.0074% |
| 1931 | #682 | 78 | 0.0075% |
| 1930 | #643 | 92 | 0.0084% |
| 1929 | #614 | 98 | 0.0091% |
| 1928 | #575 | 116 | 0.0105% |
| 1927 | #646 | 97 | 0.0086% |
| 1926 | #720 | 79 | 0.0071% |
| 1925 | #709 | 84 | 0.0075% |
| 1924 | #681 | 92 | 0.0081% |
| 1923 | #768 | 74 | 0.0068% |
| 1922 | #923 | 58 | 0.0053% |
| 1921 | #779 | 75 | 0.0068% |
| 1920 | #862 | 63 | 0.0059% |
| 1919 | #1,008 | 46 | 0.0047% |
| 1918 | #1,011 | 45 | 0.0044% |
| 1917 | #1,060 | 40 | 0.0043% |
| 1916 | #1,095 | 36 | 0.0040% |
| 1915 | #1,156 | 32 | 0.0038% |
| 1914 | #1,053 | 30 | 0.0046% |
| 1913 | #896 | 31 | 0.0060% |
| 1912 | #1,021 | 21 | 0.0049% |
| 1911 | #791 | 18 | 0.0080% |
| 1910 | #753 | 17 | 0.0088% |
| 1909 | #802 | 14 | 0.0085% |
| 1908 | #778 | 13 | 0.0084% |
| 1907 | #1,537 | 5 | 0.0034% |
| 1906 | #1,402 | 5 | 0.0038% |
| 1905 | #993 | 8 | 0.0060% |
| 1903 | #999 | 7 | 0.0059% |
| 1902 | #857 | 9 | 0.0073% |
| 1901 | #940 | 7 | 0.0066% |
| 1900 | #1,294 | 6 | 0.0040% |
| 1898 | #994 | 7 | 0.0057% |
| 1895 | #869 | 8 | 0.0068% |
| 1894 | #947 | 7 | 0.0060% |
| 1891 | #835 | 7 | 0.0069% |
| 1890 | #1,153 | 5 | 0.0045% |
| 1888 | #812 | 8 | 0.0066% |
| 1887 | #746 | 8 | 0.0079% |
| 1885 | #1,091 | 5 | 0.0046% |
| 1884 | #966 | 6 | 0.0052% |
| 1883 | #882 | 6 | 0.0057% |
| 1882 | #832 | 7 | 0.0062% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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You find the best contentment in life when you own your own home and provide well for your family and loved ones. You have a great sense of responsibility and duty. You are comforting, appreciative and affectionate. Your obligation in life is to hold justice and truth, and if you follow the Law, you can find the great happiness and satisfaction.
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