Winnifred

#2,514 for girls in 2025, 70 births

Peak · girls
1888 · 36 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,127
since 1880

Winnifred over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Winnifred has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201912peak #413, 1888girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,51470
2024#2,74962
2023#2,75762
2022#2,60467
2021#3,21550
2020#3,06152
2019#3,85138
2018#4,66229
2017#4,30433
2016#4,85028
2015#5,83322
2014#8,48513
2013#11,0009
2012
2011#12,1538
2010#13,4487
2009#13,7047
2008#15,4056
2007#13,9247
2006
2005#14,5026
2004
2003
2002
2001#12,0567
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991#10,2717
1990#12,9585
1989#9,6817
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974#4,45913
1973#6,6667
1972#7,2926
1971#5,13610
1970#6,3627
1969#3,95813
1968#5,6427
1967#4,30010
1966#5,8096
1965#3,40214
1964#3,10817
1963#4,01911
1962#3,16116
1961#4,8828
1960#3,68812
1959#2,59620
1958#2,66319
1957#2,21825
1956#2,72518
1955#2,02428
1954#2,18624
1953#2,36320
1952#1,68034
1951#1,74031
1950#1,55036
1949#1,54336
1948#1,62133
1947#1,23853
1946#1,91923
1945#1,51429
1944#1,60926
1943#1,46732
1942#1,24941
1941#1,10145
1940#1,09743
1939#93057
1938#1,15939
1937#98151
1936#87660
1935#1,08441
1934#90557
1933#86560
1932#84667
1931#87162
1930#88966
1929#75886
1928#83175
1927#706105
1926#644125
1925#626137
1924#653131
1923#603145
1922#569159
1921#587152
1920#567160
1919#606135
1918#546166
1917#557147
1916#515161
1915#537139
1914#58594
1913#54487
1912#60865
1911#51166
1910#61047
1909#62439
1908#58341
1907#53545
1906#60235
1905#71325
1904#57634
1903#56533
1902#62328
1901#53832
1900#53140
1899#55030
1898#57132
1897#62724
1896#53831
1895#52032
1894#51631
1893#53527
1892#54026
1891#57221
1890#53824
1889#55521
1888#41336
1887#48921
1886#52818
1885#44622
1884#64011
1883#48016
1882#43118
1881#6238
1880#5809
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Winnifred was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1975–1988, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Winnifred
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 235 spots since 2024 (#2,749#2,514)
  • 547 spots since 2020 (#3,061#2,514)
  • 3,319 spots since 2015 (#5,833#2,514)
  • Biggest jump: 229 spots in 1939 (#1,159#930)
  • Biggest drop: 179 spots in 1935 (#905#1,084)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1888 at #413 (36 births)
  • Births halved by 1956, 68 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 58 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1880–1934
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,962
  • Highest: 1 in 4,962 girls born in 1888 were named Winnifred (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 22,961 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 24.9% of all girls named Winnifred (1,275) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s180#413 (1888)#519
1890s278#516 (1894)#551
1900s352#531 (1900)#589
1910s1,107#511 (1911)#562
1920s1,275#567 (1920)#654
1930s560#846 (1932)#941
1940s361#1,097 (1940)#1,436
1950s255#1,550 (1950)#2,175
1960s114#3,108 (1964)#4,197
1970s43#4,459 (1974)#5,983
1980s7#9,681 (1989)#9,681
1990s12#10,271 (1991)#11,615
2000s33#12,056 (2001)#13,918
2010s187#3,851 (2019)#7,621
2020s363#2,514 (2025)#2,817

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.

Winnifred in 1912

girls
#608
65 births · 1 in 8,586 girls

Top girls' names in 1912

  1. #1Mary32,304
  2. #2Helen16,133
  3. #3Dorothy12,645
  4. #4Margaret12,536
  5. #5Ruth11,280
  6. #6Mildred8,764
  7. #7Anna8,586
  8. #8Elizabeth8,527
  9. #9Frances6,680
  10. #10Marie6,642
  11. #608Winnifred65
More about 1912

girls

558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 8,586 of them was named Winnifred, which outranked 82.4% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Winnifred
  1. #603Elna66
  2. #603Lina66
  3. #603Violette66
  4. #608Winnifred65
  5. #608Adela65
  6. #608Hellen65
  7. #608Joe65
  8. #615Ellie64
  9. #615Felicia64
  10. #615Norine64

Tied with 6 names at #608; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1911
Risers
  1. 712Jule#1,545#833
  2. 626Beula#1,545#919
  3. 602Noma#1,372#770
  4. 577Walter#1,372#795
  5. 490Izora#1,450#960
Fallers
  1. 912Mabell#932#1,844
  2. 602Justina#875#1,477
  3. 579Irine#898#1,477
  4. 579Sula#898#1,477
  5. 568Cordia#853#1,421

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

See the top 100 for 1912