Vic

Where Vic comes from

The dictionaries list Vic as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name Victor — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1899
    First appearance
    #857 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1923
    Vic Seixas born
    American tennis player
  3. 1929
    Vic Morrow born
    American actor
  4. 1958
    Peak, #844
    80 babies named Vic — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1967
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,449.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Victor.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Victoria.
Namesakes
  • Vic Morrow · American actor, 1929–1982
  • Vic Seixas · American tennis player, 1923–2024
  • Vic Wild · American-born Russian snowboarder, born 1986
  • Vic Elford · British racing driver, 1935–2022
  • Vic Chesnutt · singer-songwriter from Athens, Georgia, 1964–2009

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.