Winfrey

Last seen for boys in 1958 at #3,559

Peak · boys
1913 · 9 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
144
since 1913

Winfrey over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Winfrey has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #1,945, 1913boys
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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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1958#3,5596
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1945#2,5748
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1943#3,2316
1942#3,5605
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1935#3,6455
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1932#2,31311
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1930#3,5926
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1928#2,8439
1927#3,1518
1926#3,3857
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1924#3,8676
1923#3,4677
1922#3,5327
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1920#3,4897
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1918#3,3687
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1915#2,45810
1914#2,9156
1913#1,9459
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Winfrey! It came in at #1,945, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1917, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Winfrey
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1958
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1913 at #1,945 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1916, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 56,952
  • Highest: 1 in 56,952 boys born in 1913 were named Winfrey (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 353,735 boys born in 1958 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 35.4% of all boys named Winfrey (51) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s32#1,945 (1913)#2,672
1920s51#2,843 (1928)#3,391
1930s22#2,313 (1932)#3,183
1940s25#2,574 (1945)#3,125
1950s14#2,875 (1952)#3,217

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.

Winfrey in 1928

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#2,843
9 births · 1 in 123,068 boys

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #2,843Winfrey9
More about 1928

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1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 123,068 of them was named Winfrey, which outranked 39.8% 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).

Ranked beside Winfrey
  1. #2,659Wiliam10
  2. #2,659Yoshiaki10
  3. #2,659Ysmael10
  4. #2,843Winfrey9
  5. #2,843Abie9
  6. #2,843Adams9
  7. #2,843Aime9
  8. #3,076Achille8
  9. #3,076Adair8
  10. #3,076Admiral8

Tied with 232 names at #2,843; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 1,009Fidencio#1,959#950
  2. 766Hoover#1,128#362
  3. 700Reyes#1,692#992
  4. 441Arlen#1,227#786
  5. 392Arland#1,372#980
Fallers
  1. 2,975Shoji#722#3,697
  2. 529Alvan#951#1,480
  3. 418Watson#964#1,382
  4. 412Judge#911#1,323
  5. 363Donato#990#1,353

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

See the top 100 for 1928