Vic

Last seen for boys in 2023 at #9,763

Peak · boys
1958 · 80 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,155
since 1899

Vic over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Vic has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #844, 1958boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023#9,7637
2022#12,3305
2021#7,58710
2020#6,62012
2019#8,8898
2018#8,8198
2017#5,78815
2016#4,77620
2015#7,49110
2014#8,7818
2013#9,6557
2012#5,03518
2011#12,2875
2010#9,6937
2009#10,9946
2008#9,0198
2007#10,9216
2006#6,90411
2005#10,1516
2004#6,52011
2003
2002#5,39513
2001#9,2436
2000#8,2097
1999
1998#6,8438
1997#4,96012
1996
1995#6,9927
1994#6,9687
1993#8,7005
1992
1991#5,9428
1990#5,3829
1989#6,9416
1988#6,4266
1987
1986#3,13115
1985#3,80511
1984#4,2159
1983#3,63011
1982#3,69211
1981#4,1539
1980#3,83810
1979#3,56911
1978#3,61410
1977#2,79115
1976#3,7249
1975#2,06522
1974#2,12920
1973#2,03620
1972#1,60329
1971#1,59730
1970#1,58229
1969#1,81021
1968#2,03016
1967#1,44928
1966#1,05948
1965#1,08147
1964#95863
1963#97160
1962#88974
1961#87077
1960#86278
1959#85479
1958#84480
1957#1,00557
1956#1,00855
1955#1,11444
1954#1,31133
1953#1,37830
1952#1,32332
1951#1,43027
1950#1,43426
1949#1,20535
1948#1,12740
1947#1,01450
1946#92552
1945#1,05637
1944#1,10736
1943#1,07440
1942#1,22832
1941#1,41123
1940#1,39723
1939#1,57818
1938#1,27527
1937#1,91314
1936#2,06212
1935#1,45322
1934#1,55120
1933#2,21411
1932#3,0927
1931#2,32811
1930#2,07914
1929#3,5596
1928#2,52211
1927#3,1518
1926#3,1398
1925#3,7416
1924#3,0239
1923#2,61411
1922#2,80110
1921#3,2148
1920#2,9679
1919
1918#4,1795
1917#3,9815
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First appearance
1899

The first year at least five boys were named Vic! It came in at #857, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1900–1919, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Vic
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 161 spots in 1958 (#1,005#844)
  • Biggest drop: 123 spots in 1965 (#958#1,081)
Rise & fade · boys
59 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1899
  • Peaked 1958 at #844 (80 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1958–1964
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,173
  • Highest: 1 in 15,173 boys born in 1899 were named Vic (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 244,368 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #844 in 1958, was only 1 in 26,530 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 23.8% of all boys named Vic (512) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s7#857 (1899)#857
1900s0
1910s10#3,981 (1917)#4,080
1920s86#2,522 (1928)#3,073
1930s156#1,275 (1938)#1,955
1940s368#925 (1946)#1,154
1950s463#844 (1958)#1,170
1960s512#862 (1960)#1,198
1970s195#1,582 (1970)#2,471
1980s88#3,131 (1986)#4,426
1990s56#4,960 (1997)#6,541
2000s74#5,395 (2002)#8,595
2010s106#4,776 (2016)#8,121
2020s34#6,620 (2020)#9,075

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Vic in 1956

boys
#1,008
55 births · 1 in 38,460 boys

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #1,008Vic55
More about 1956

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 38,460 of them was named Vic, which outranked 77.4% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vic
  1. #999Milan56
  2. #999Verlin56
  3. #999Winford56
  4. #1,008Vic55
  5. #1,008Alford55
  6. #1,008Brant55
  7. #1,008Darcy55
  8. #1,019Daryle54
  9. #1,019Davey54
  10. #1,019Dorian54

Tied with 10 names at #1,008; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 1,847Jace#2,764#917
  2. 678Rich#1,572#894
  3. 590Broderick#1,273#683
  4. 559Elvis#921#362
  5. 513Tracey#1,419#906
Fallers
  1. 351Adolphus#906#1,257
  2. 336Randolf#949#1,285
  3. 279Cordell#792#1,071
  4. 272Rudolfo#885#1,157
  5. 269Aurelio#949#1,218

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1956