Winifred

#922 for girls in 2025, 284 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 97.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1917 · 1,526 births
Debut · girls
92 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
45,094
since 1880

Winifred over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Winifred has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #141, 1917girls
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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#922284
2024#1,027245
2023#963269
2022#1,089229
2021#1,069235
2020#1,099222
2019#1,209193
2018#1,435154
2017#1,364169
2016#1,534147
2015#1,437160
2014#1,982100
2013#2,50871
2012#3,31449
2011#4,68130
2010#5,97722
2009#4,01338
2008#5,01329
2007#5,89523
2006#5,08627
2005#4,82827
2004#5,74421
2003#5,41922
2002#5,44421
2001#4,56426
2000#5,31221
1999#6,83614
1998#5,79917
1997#6,16315
1996#6,06415
1995#5,43917
1994#7,09712
1993#4,25724
1992#3,96826
1991#5,18118
1990#3,29733
1989#5,83614#6,9416
1988#3,89323
1987#4,66017
1986#4,02820
1985#4,86015
1984#3,42324
1983#3,68721
1982#3,64722
1981#3,06628
1980#3,00229
1979#2,52536
1978#2,94227
1977#2,60632
1976#3,09523
1975#1,87748
1974#1,93744
1973#1,58958#3,4459
1972#1,74950#4,9865
1971#1,61358#3,6588
1970#1,27885
1969#1,29076
1968#1,17784
1967#1,025101#2,7609
1966#1,07296#3,9485
1965#989110#3,2447
1964#899134#3,2827
1963#814162#2,8589
1962#798171#2,11715
1961#845156#2,40912
1960#817162#3,0778
1959#724193#2,29513
1958#663222#2,17714
1957#667216#3,0248
1956#597253#2,16814
1955#561263#2,13914
1954#607224#2,44911
1953#533261#2,39111
1952#504278#2,51410
1951#480294#2,36711
1950#470297#2,11113
1949#413363#2,8028
1948#460302#2,32611
1947#420374#2,49810
1946#394371#2,5349
1945#397319#1,77215
1944#405312#2,30910
1943#340438#1,57720
1942#323457#1,46723
1941#327404#2,6568
1940#325384#1,68017
1939#301416#1,71216
1938#288471#1,81815
1937#295444#1,62718
1936#279462#1,41722
1935#273491#1,45322
1934#272510#1,78316
1933#259554#1,40523
1932#262572#1,42624
1931#232670#1,42724
1930#230699#1,60221
1929#218816#1,27231
1928#205955#1,41327
1927#2011,014#1,51625
1926#1871,111#1,27832
1925#1781,221#1,27932
1924#1771,269#1,26333
1923#1641,420#1,35829
1922#1621,428#1,24234
1921#1631,417#1,25234
1920#1601,432#1,11940
1919#1641,332#1,26431
1918#1441,593#97547
1917#1411,526#1,29128
1916#1481,365#1,30427
1915#1431,299#1,45422
1914#161904#1,60815
1913#157741#1,20518
1912#162662#1,61910
1911#166463#1,3877
1910#185370
1909#195297#1,2776
1908#199281
1907#199264
1906#177287#1,2535
1905#180276#1,2335
1904#189252
1903#178272#9107
1902#193226
1901#184232
1900#177302#1,3105
1899#179241
1898#170289
1897#183217
1896#189212
1895#175234
1894#180216
1893#166232
1892#173213
1891#150235
1890#169204
1889#162186
1888#165176
1887#160154
1886#160146
1885#170120
1884#145146
1883#148125
1882#17383#9435
1881#16681
1880#14992
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Winifred was already there! It came in at #149, and was given to 92 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1994–1999, when fewer than 18 girls a year got the name.

See more about Winifred
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 105 spots since 2024 (#1,027#922)
  • 177 spots since 2020 (#1,099#922)
  • 515 spots since 2015 (#1,437#922)
  • Biggest jump: 126 spots in 2023 (#1,089#963)
  • Biggest drop: 93 spots in 1960 (#724#817)
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1917 at #141 (1,526 births)
  • Births halved by 1930, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 88 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 88 yrs · run 1880–1965
Share of babies · girls
1 in 709
  • Highest: 1 in 709 girls born in 1917 were named Winifred (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,659 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 26.8% of all girls named Winifred (12,083) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,309#145 (1884)#160
1890s2,293#150 (1891)#173
1900s2,689#177 (1900)#187
1910s10,255#141 (1917)#157
1920s12,083#160 (1920)#182
1930s5,289#230 (1930)#269
1940s3,724#323 (1942)#380
1950s2,501#470 (1950)#581
1960s1,252#798 (1962)#973
1970s461#1,278 (1970)#2,121
1980s213#3,002 (1980)#4,010
1990s191#3,297 (1990)#5,410
2000s255#4,013 (2009)#5,132
2010s1,095#1,209 (2019)#2,544
2020s1,484#922 (2025)#1,028

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

Winifred in 1917

girls
#141
1,526 births · 1 in 709 girls
boys
#1,291
28 births · 1 in 33,053 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #141Winifred1,526

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #1,291Winifred28
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 709 of them was named Winifred, which outranked 97.3% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Winifred
  1. #138Olive1,566
  2. #139Dolores1,562
  3. #140Wanda1,545
  4. #141Winifred1,526
  5. #142Lucile1,516
  6. #143Lola1,493
  7. #144Mable1,463
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

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

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 33,053 of them was named Winifred, which outranked 71.9% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Winifred
  1. #1,264Reynaldo29
  2. #1,264Ruel29
  3. #1,264Woodson29
  4. #1,291Winifred28
  5. #1,291Alphonsus28
  6. #1,291Arlin28
  7. #1,291Arvo28
  8. #1,322Alfons27
  9. #1,322Andre27
  10. #1,322Anson27

Tied with 30 names at #1,291; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

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

See the top 100 for 1917