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
- Peak · boys
- 1917 · 214 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,104since 1880
Winfred over time
Rank among boys' names. Winfred has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,050 | 11 | |
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,139 | 9 | |
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,019 | 8 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,904 | 11 | |
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,088 | 11 | |
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,197 | 16 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,738 | 18 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,022 | 16 | |
| 1995 | — | #6,407 | 8 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,326 | 20 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,661 | 17 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,920 | 15 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,469 | 28 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,166 | 19 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,359 | 28 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,197 | 28 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,169 | 27 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,779 | 18 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,724 | 35 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,098 | 25 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,955 | 27 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,734 | 33 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,577 | 38 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #1,432 | 44 |
| 1979 | — | #1,903 | 28 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,965 | 25 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,407 | 42 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,608 | 33 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,593 | 32 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,269 | 44 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,201 | 47 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,391 | 37 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,101 | 55 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #1,080 | 57 |
| 1969 | — | #1,097 | 50 | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #1,006 | 54 |
| 1967 | — | #1,102 | 45 | |
| 1966 | — | #785 | 85 | |
| 1965 | — | #777 | 90 | |
| 1964 | — | #774 | 95 | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #751 | 107 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #664 | 137 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #689 | 123 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #640 | 148 |
| 1959 | — | #652 | 139 | |
| 1958 | — | #667 | 131 | |
| 1957 | — | #590 | 169 | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #543 | 193 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #576 | 163 |
| 1954 | — | #613 | 145 | |
| 1953 | — | #587 | 150 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #544 | 164 |
| 1951 | — | #566 | 146 | |
| 1950 | — | #588 | 133 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #598 | 130 |
| 1948 | — | #602 | 126 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #595 | 131 |
| 1946 | — | #615 | 109 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #504 | 140 |
| 1944 | — | #549 | 121 | |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #508 | 148 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #505 | 147 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #506 | 135 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #465 | 155 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #537 | 113 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #466 | 155 |
| 1937 | — | #444 | 158 | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #487 | 135 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #470 | 146 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | #486 | 139 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #481 | 136 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #428 | 170 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #441 | 163 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #431 | 185 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #429 | 190 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #422 | 198 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #440 | 192 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | #424 | 203 |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 | #415 | 208 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #402 | 231 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #392 | 230 |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 | #387 | 244 |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | #406 | 223 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #394 | 228 |
| 1919 | #1,698 | 23 | #393 | 222 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #407 | 211 |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 | #385 | 214 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 | #400 | 192 |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #454 | 146 |
| 1914 | — | #446 | 116 | |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #434 | 96 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #491 | 65 |
| 1911 | — | #644 | 23 | |
| 1910 | — | #707 | 18 | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | #590 | 20 |
| 1908 | — | #566 | 20 | |
| 1907 | — | #559 | 19 | |
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | — | #549 | 18 | |
| 1904 | — | #647 | 13 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #521 | 17 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | #548 | 13 | |
| 1898 | — | #635 | 12 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #778 | 9 | |
| 1895 | — | #579 | 13 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #572 | 12 | |
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | #533 | 13 | |
| 1889 | — | #549 | 12 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | #488 | 15 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #652 | 9 | |
| 1881 | — | #503 | 12 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
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.
See more about Winfred
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 368 spots in 1907 (#927 → #559)
- Biggest drop: 378 spots in 1906 (#549 → #927)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1917 at #385 (214 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 46 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1902–1966
- 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%)
- 21.2% of all boys named Winfred (2,147) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 100 | #488 (1884) | #570 |
| 1890s | 103 | #533 (1890) | #681 |
| 1900s | 137 | #521 (1902) | #649 |
| 1910s | 1,303 | #385 (1917) | #476 |
| 1920s | 2,147 | #387 (1922) | #411 |
| 1930s | 1,500 | #428 (1932) | #467 |
| 1940s | 1,342 | #465 (1940) | #545 |
| 1950s | 1,533 | #543 (1956) | #593 |
| 1960s | 934 | #640 (1960) | #829 |
| 1970s | 400 | #1,080 (1970) | #1,452 |
| 1980s | 303 | #1,432 (1980) | #2,002 |
| 1990s | 163 | #2,469 (1991) | #4,361 |
| 2000s | 70 | #6,088 (2002) | #8,834 |
| 2010s | 54 | #7,050 (2012) | #9,366 |
| 2020s | 15 | #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 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 230,664 of them was named Winfred, which outranked 13.1% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 715 names at #4,725; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 5,594 of them was named Winfred, which outranked 91.1% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).