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
- Peak · girls
- 1917 · 1,526 births
- Debut · girls
- 92 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 45,094since 1880
Winifred over time
Rank among girls' names. Winifred has never cracked the top 100 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 | #922 | 284 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,027 | 245 | — | |
| 2023 | #963 | 269 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,089 | 229 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,069 | 235 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,099 | 222 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,209 | 193 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,435 | 154 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,364 | 169 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,534 | 147 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,437 | 160 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,982 | 100 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,508 | 71 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,314 | 49 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,681 | 30 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,977 | 22 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,013 | 29 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,086 | 27 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,828 | 27 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,419 | 22 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,297 | 33 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #3,893 | 23 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,423 | 24 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,066 | 28 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,002 | 29 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,525 | 36 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,942 | 27 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,606 | 32 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,877 | 48 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,937 | 44 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,589 | 58 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #1,749 | 50 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #1,613 | 58 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #1,278 | 85 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,290 | 76 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,177 | 84 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,025 | 101 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #1,072 | 96 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #989 | 110 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #899 | 134 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #814 | 162 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #798 | 171 | #2,117 | 15 |
| 1961 | #845 | 156 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #817 | 162 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #724 | 193 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #663 | 222 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | #667 | 216 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #597 | 253 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #561 | 263 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1954 | #607 | 224 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #533 | 261 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #504 | 278 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #480 | 294 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #470 | 297 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #413 | 363 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #460 | 302 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #420 | 374 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #394 | 371 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #397 | 319 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #405 | 312 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #340 | 438 | #1,577 | 20 |
| 1942 | #323 | 457 | #1,467 | 23 |
| 1941 | #327 | 404 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #325 | 384 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #301 | 416 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #288 | 471 | #1,818 | 15 |
| 1937 | #295 | 444 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #279 | 462 | #1,417 | 22 |
| 1935 | #273 | 491 | #1,453 | 22 |
| 1934 | #272 | 510 | #1,783 | 16 |
| 1933 | #259 | 554 | #1,405 | 23 |
| 1932 | #262 | 572 | #1,426 | 24 |
| 1931 | #232 | 670 | #1,427 | 24 |
| 1930 | #230 | 699 | #1,602 | 21 |
| 1929 | #218 | 816 | #1,272 | 31 |
| 1928 | #205 | 955 | #1,413 | 27 |
| 1927 | #201 | 1,014 | #1,516 | 25 |
| 1926 | #187 | 1,111 | #1,278 | 32 |
| 1925 | #178 | 1,221 | #1,279 | 32 |
| 1924 | #177 | 1,269 | #1,263 | 33 |
| 1923 | #164 | 1,420 | #1,358 | 29 |
| 1922 | #162 | 1,428 | #1,242 | 34 |
| 1921 | #163 | 1,417 | #1,252 | 34 |
| 1920 | #160 | 1,432 | #1,119 | 40 |
| 1919 | #164 | 1,332 | #1,264 | 31 |
| 1918 | #144 | 1,593 | #975 | 47 |
| 1917 | #141 | 1,526 | #1,291 | 28 |
| 1916 | #148 | 1,365 | #1,304 | 27 |
| 1915 | #143 | 1,299 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #161 | 904 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | #157 | 741 | #1,205 | 18 |
| 1912 | #162 | 662 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #166 | 463 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #185 | 370 | — | |
| 1909 | #195 | 297 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #199 | 281 | — | |
| 1907 | #199 | 264 | — | |
| 1906 | #177 | 287 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #180 | 276 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #189 | 252 | — | |
| 1903 | #178 | 272 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #193 | 226 | — | |
| 1901 | #184 | 232 | — | |
| 1900 | #177 | 302 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #179 | 241 | — | |
| 1898 | #170 | 289 | — | |
| 1897 | #183 | 217 | — | |
| 1896 | #189 | 212 | — | |
| 1895 | #175 | 234 | — | |
| 1894 | #180 | 216 | — | |
| 1893 | #166 | 232 | — | |
| 1892 | #173 | 213 | — | |
| 1891 | #150 | 235 | — | |
| 1890 | #169 | 204 | — | |
| 1889 | #162 | 186 | — | |
| 1888 | #165 | 176 | — | |
| 1887 | #160 | 154 | — | |
| 1886 | #160 | 146 | — | |
| 1885 | #170 | 120 | — | |
| 1884 | #145 | 146 | — | |
| 1883 | #148 | 125 | — | |
| 1882 | #173 | 83 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | #166 | 81 | — | |
| 1880 | #149 | 92 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1917 at #141 (1,526 births)
- Births halved by 1930, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 88 yrs · run 1880–1965
- Highest: 1 in 709 girls born in 1917 were named Winifred (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,659 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 26.8% of all girls named Winifred (12,083) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,309 | #145 (1884) | #160 |
| 1890s | 2,293 | #150 (1891) | #173 |
| 1900s | 2,689 | #177 (1900) | #187 |
| 1910s | 10,255 | #141 (1917) | #157 |
| 1920s | 12,083 | #160 (1920) | #182 |
| 1930s | 5,289 | #230 (1930) | #269 |
| 1940s | 3,724 | #323 (1942) | #380 |
| 1950s | 2,501 | #470 (1950) | #581 |
| 1960s | 1,252 | #798 (1962) | #973 |
| 1970s | 461 | #1,278 (1970) | #2,121 |
| 1980s | 213 | #3,002 (1980) | #4,010 |
| 1990s | 191 | #3,297 (1990) | #5,410 |
| 2000s | 255 | #4,013 (2009) | #5,132 |
| 2010s | 1,095 | #1,209 (2019) | #2,544 |
| 2020s | 1,484 | #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 1939
Top girls' names in 1939
Top boys' names in 1939
More about 1939
girls
1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 2,636 of them was named Winifred, which outranked 93.9% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 69,178 of them was named Winifred, which outranked 56.9% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,636Webb17
- #1,636Winslow17
- #1,636Yale17
- #1,712Winifred16
- #1,712Adell16
- #1,712Adolf16
- #1,712Algie16
- #1,795Anita15
- #1,795Anne15
- #1,795Aubery15
Tied with 82 names at #1,712; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.