Winfred

Last seen for girls in 1980 at #10,392 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to boys 96.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1917 · 214 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,104
since 1880

Winfred over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Winfred has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201894peak #385, 1917boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023#12,2395
2022
2021#12,1465
2020#12,0225
2019
2018#8,1549
2017#12,2465
2016
2015
2014#10,7176
2013#9,6557
2012#7,05011
2011#9,6007
2010#8,1399
2009#12,4915
2008#9,0198
2007#8,9158
2006#6,90411
2005#9,1157
2004
2003#10,8945
2002#6,08811
2001#9,2436
2000#6,8399
1999#8,7046
1998#4,19716
1997#3,73818
1996#4,02216
1995#6,4078
1994#3,32620
1993#3,66117
1992#3,92015
1991#2,46928
1990#3,16619
1989#2,35928
1988#2,19728
1987#2,16927
1986#2,77918
1985#1,72435
1984#2,09825
1983#1,95527
1982#1,73433
1981#1,57738
1980#10,3925#1,43244
1979#1,90328
1978#1,96525
1977#1,40742
1976#1,60833
1975#1,59332
1974#1,26944
1973#1,20147
1972#1,39137
1971#1,10155
1970#7,9955#1,08057
1969#1,09750
1968#5,1478#1,00654
1967#1,10245
1966#78585
1965#77790
1964#77495
1963#5,2967#751107
1962#5,2937#664137
1961#4,8828#689123
1960#5,1687#640148
1959#652139
1958#667131
1957#590169
1956#5,3256#543193
1955#5,8285#576163
1954#613145
1953#587150
1952#5,5635#544164
1951#566146
1950#588133
1949#5,2445#598130
1948#602126
1947#5,2955#595131
1946#615109
1945#4,5565#504140
1944#549121
1943#3,4938#508148
1942#4,6225#505147
1941#3,9546#506135
1940#3,5037#465155
1939#3,1458#537113
1938#3,8476#466155
1937#444158
1936#3,3767#487135
1935#3,4317#470146
1934#2,9239#486139
1933#3,1098#481136
1932#3,9016#428170
1931#2,9729#441163
1930#3,0559#431185
1929#3,6827#429190
1928#4,7255#422198
1927#3,05310#440192
1926#2,87211#424203
1925#2,48914#415208
1924#3,14410#402231
1923#2,91711#392230
1922#2,29116#387244
1921#4,0237#406223
1920#3,5988#394228
1919#1,69823#393222
1918#3,8697#407211
1917#2,20415#385214
1916#2,49812#400192
1915#4,2745#454146
1914#446116
1913#2,8276#43496
1912#2,6346#49165
1911#64423
1910#70718
1909#2,2085#59020
1908#56620
1907#55919
1906#9278
1905#54918
1904#64713
1903#7839
1902#52117
1901
1900#69913
1899#54813
1898#63512
1897#9426
1896#7789
1895#57913
1894#66810
1893#57212
1892#7928
1891#7667
1890#53313
1889#54912
1888
1887#6798
1886#54012
1885#6419
1884#48815
1883#55611
1882#6529
1881#50312
1880#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Winfred was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Winfred is popular in 1894

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Winfred
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 368 spots in 1907 (#927#559)
  • Biggest drop: 378 spots in 1906 (#549#927)
Rise & fade · boys
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1917 at #385 (214 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 46 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 85 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1902–1966
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,325
  • Highest: 1 in 4,325 boys born in 1917 were named Winfred (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.2% of all boys named Winfred (2,147) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s100#488 (1884)#570
1890s103#533 (1890)#681
1900s137#521 (1902)#649
1910s1,303#385 (1917)#476
1920s2,147#387 (1922)#411
1930s1,500#428 (1932)#467
1940s1,342#465 (1940)#545
1950s1,533#543 (1956)#593
1960s934#640 (1960)#829
1970s400#1,080 (1970)#1,452
1980s303#1,432 (1980)#2,002
1990s163#2,469 (1991)#4,361
2000s70#6,088 (2002)#8,834
2010s54#7,050 (2012)#9,366
2020s15#12,022 (2020)#12,136

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.

Winfred in 1894

boys
#668
10 births · 1 in 11,577 boys

Top boys' names in 1894

  1. #1John8,237
  2. #2William7,274
  3. #3James5,110
  4. #4George4,365
  5. #5Charles3,788
  6. #6Joseph2,977
  7. #7Frank2,863
  8. #8Robert2,497
  9. #9Henry2,278
  10. #10Harry2,189
  11. #668Winfred10
More about 1894

boys

115,768 boys got a published name in 1894; 1 in 11,577 of them was named Winfred, which outranked 46.1% of the 1,239 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Winfred
  1. #631Thornton11
  2. #631Weldon11
  3. #631Wilburn11
  4. #668Winfred10
  5. #668Ace10
  6. #668Alford10
  7. #668Algie10
  8. #730Adelbert9
  9. #730Alpha9
  10. #730Andres9

Tied with 61 names at #668; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. 514Levy#1,035#521
  2. 514Orrin#1,035#521
  3. 488Alvie#907#419
  4. 468Jonnie#1,035#567
  5. 441Carson#1,035#594
Fallers
  1. 683Lindsay#391#1,074
  2. 519Minnie#435#954
  3. 475Ludwig#479#954
  4. 459Alice#615#1,074
  5. 459Julia#615#1,074

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

See the top 100 for 1894