Winnie

#475 for girls in 2025, 646 births · Last seen for boys in 1948 at #3,668
Given to girls 99.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
1881 · 84 births
Debut · girls
49 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
27,109
since 1880

Winnie over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #159, 1881girls
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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#475646
2024#547554
2023#610489
2022#592506
2021#691418
2020#769353
2019#810337
2018#1,007258
2017#1,001259
2016#1,094235
2015#1,183213
2014#1,403163
2013#1,888106
2012#1,98398
2011#2,63867
2010#2,45176
2009#2,22788
2008#2,71867
2007#2,034100
2006#2,70166
2005#2,96954
2004#2,71160
2003#2,24376
2002#2,26372
2001#2,36067
2000#1,80196
1999#2,15370
1998#2,14667
1997#2,51151
1996#2,12564
1995#2,30957
1994#2,62747
1993#2,12763
1992#2,45952
1991#2,11163
1990#2,02966
1989#1,96565
1988#1,96861
1987#2,30946
1986#2,51239
1985#2,86032
1984#2,11147
1983#2,78331
1982#2,70434
1981#3,06628
1980#2,34241
1979#2,52536
1978#2,09245
1977#2,25740
1976#2,02743
1975#2,09741
1974#1,88146
1973#1,93942
1972#1,94642
1971#1,85747
1970#2,04340
1969#1,95541
1968#1,88740
1967#1,64048
1966#1,82739
1965#1,46357
1964#1,55953
1963#1,47857
1962#1,21283
1961#1,21183
1960#1,28673
1959#1,24474
1958#1,24073
1957#965115
1956#1,04097
1955#1,02097
1954#958102
1953#927104
1952#874111
1951#728143
1950#758130
1949#718140
1948#673153#3,6685
1947#627179
1946#586186
1945#523195
1944#534185
1943#513210#3,5385
1942#474242#3,5605
1941#440240#2,6568
1940#433247#2,4789
1939#426252#3,4805
1938#449223
1937#405254#2,9057
1936#392263
1935#343346#3,2526
1934#361306
1933#333354#3,0047
1932#350328#3,3616
1931#341348
1930#393297#3,5926
1929#375320#3,9595
1928#357364#2,27013
1927#335406
1926#318437#2,9049
1925#334401#3,4087
1924#300498#3,2608
1923#300460#2,9509
1922#299461#3,2528
1921#304458#2,63211
1920#294490#2,76510
1919#275541#2,8779
1918#283504#2,8829
1917#273511
1916#274477#3,1777
1915#276459
1914#264383#2,4578
1913#255328
1912#268277
1911#252237
1910#244248
1909#237225
1908#246197
1907#213235#1,3455
1906#215211
1905#215207
1904#213203
1903#202208
1902#195221
1901#189218
1900#190271
1899#170264#9286
1898#164304#8857
1897#219155
1896#193205
1895#194196
1894#186202
1893#173214#9076
1892#170218#1,0665
1891#168202
1890#181166
1889#179162
1888#188143
1887#185114
1886#178129#9595
1885#22080
1884#19392#7647
1883#22862#8925
1882#18674
1881#15984
1880#21949
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Winnie was already there! It came in at #219, and was given to 49 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1979–1983, when fewer than 42 girls a year got the name.

See more about Winnie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 72 spots since 2024 (#547#475)
  • 294 spots since 2020 (#769#475)
  • 708 spots since 2015 (#1,183#475)
  • Biggest jump: 197 spots in 2019 (#1,007#810)
  • Biggest drop: 275 spots in 1958 (#965#1,240)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #159 (84 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 85 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 83 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1880–1954
Share of babies · girls
1 in 851
  • Highest: 1 in 851 girls born in 1898 were named Winnie (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,488 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #159 in 1881, was only 1 in 1,095 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 15.8% of all girls named Winnie (4,295) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s989#159 (1881)#194
1890s2,126#164 (1898)#182
1900s2,196#189 (1901)#212
1910s3,965#244 (1910)#266
1920s4,295#294 (1920)#322
1930s2,971#333 (1933)#379
1940s1,977#433 (1940)#552
1950s1,046#728 (1951)#975
1960s574#1,211 (1961)#1,552
1970s422#1,857 (1971)#2,066
1980s424#1,965 (1989)#2,462
1990s600#2,029 (1990)#2,260
2000s746#1,801 (2000)#2,403
2010s1,812#810 (2019)#1,546
2020s2,966#475 (2025)#614

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.

Winnie in 1942

girls
#474
242 births · 1 in 5,581 girls
boys
#3,560
5 births · 1 in 276,232 boys

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #474Winnie242

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #3,560Winnie5
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 5,581 of them was named Winnie, which outranked 91.2% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Winnie
  1. #471Tina244
  2. #472Gerry243
  3. #472Lynette243
  4. #474Winnie242
  5. #475John241
  6. #476Nita240
  7. #477Dee237
Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. 3,567Michal#4,420#853
  2. 1,885Merrily#2,397#512
  3. 1,081Merrilee#1,954#873
  4. 783Jerrilyn#1,610#827
  5. 760Candace#1,418#658
Fallers
  1. 354Rebekah#924#1,278
  2. 350Leatha#830#1,180
  3. 307Nella#993#1,300
  4. 272Arla#934#1,206
  5. 262Vivien#735#997

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

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 276,232 of them was named Winnie, which outranked 12.0% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Winnie
  1. #3,212Wren6
  2. #3,212Zebbie6
  3. #3,212Zell6
  4. #3,560Winnie5
  5. #3,560Ab5
  6. #3,560Abby5
  7. #3,560Ac5

Tied with 484 names at #3,560; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. 2,993Macarthur#3,505#512
  2. 1,546Mcarthur#1,903#357
  3. 655Collin#1,588#933
  4. 514Delmas#1,254#740
  5. 390Colin#713#323
Fallers
  1. 525Otho#971#1,496
  2. 440Florian#918#1,358
  3. 421Martha#960#1,381
  4. 407Watson#951#1,358
  5. 371Gaylen#987#1,358

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

See the top 100 for 1942