Winona
#627 for girls in 2025, 466 births
- Peak · girls
- 1924 · 289 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,953since 1880
Winona over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Winona has never cracked the top 400 here.
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.
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| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #627 | 466 |
| 2024 | #734 | 384 |
| 2023 | #878 | 306 |
| 2022 | #975 | 273 |
| 2021 | #1,293 | 175 |
| 2020 | #1,418 | 154 |
| 2019 | #1,655 | 127 |
| 2018 | #2,026 | 96 |
| 2017 | #2,357 | 77 |
| 2016 | #2,560 | 69 |
| 2015 | #3,989 | 37 |
| 2014 | #4,003 | 37 |
| 2013 | #4,336 | 33 |
| 2012 | #4,296 | 34 |
| 2011 | #6,335 | 20 |
| 2010 | #6,382 | 20 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 |
| 2000 | #4,291 | 28 |
| 1999 | #4,201 | 27 |
| 1998 | #4,142 | 27 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 |
| 1994 | #2,988 | 39 |
| 1993 | #3,681 | 29 |
| 1992 | #2,318 | 56 |
| 1991 | #2,484 | 50 |
| 1990 | #3,227 | 34 |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 |
| 1987 | #3,101 | 30 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 |
| 1983 | #3,065 | 27 |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 |
| 1981 | #2,488 | 38 |
| 1980 | #2,537 | 37 |
| 1979 | #2,621 | 34 |
| 1978 | #2,516 | 34 |
| 1977 | #2,341 | 38 |
| 1976 | #1,775 | 53 |
| 1975 | #1,935 | 46 |
| 1974 | #1,820 | 48 |
| 1973 | #1,607 | 57 |
| 1972 | #1,541 | 60 |
| 1971 | #1,546 | 63 |
| 1970 | #1,828 | 48 |
| 1969 | #1,711 | 50 |
| 1968 | #1,559 | 54 |
| 1967 | #1,428 | 60 |
| 1966 | #1,262 | 73 |
| 1965 | #1,256 | 73 |
| 1964 | #1,246 | 78 |
| 1963 | #1,233 | 79 |
| 1962 | #1,145 | 91 |
| 1961 | #1,253 | 78 |
| 1960 | #1,147 | 90 |
| 1959 | #1,192 | 80 |
| 1958 | #1,012 | 105 |
| 1957 | #965 | 115 |
| 1956 | #914 | 121 |
| 1955 | #967 | 105 |
| 1954 | #969 | 100 |
| 1953 | #981 | 95 |
| 1952 | #867 | 113 |
| 1951 | #882 | 104 |
| 1950 | #794 | 119 |
| 1949 | #879 | 100 |
| 1948 | #896 | 94 |
| 1947 | #797 | 119 |
| 1946 | #874 | 90 |
| 1945 | #755 | 99 |
| 1944 | #797 | 92 |
| 1943 | #745 | 108 |
| 1942 | #711 | 109 |
| 1941 | #604 | 136 |
| 1940 | #614 | 129 |
| 1939 | #593 | 127 |
| 1938 | #512 | 170 |
| 1937 | #503 | 172 |
| 1936 | #500 | 167 |
| 1935 | #479 | 173 |
| 1934 | #460 | 199 |
| 1933 | #446 | 209 |
| 1932 | #464 | 198 |
| 1931 | #406 | 252 |
| 1930 | #453 | 221 |
| 1929 | #489 | 189 |
| 1928 | #462 | 223 |
| 1927 | #461 | 230 |
| 1926 | #457 | 224 |
| 1925 | #419 | 270 |
| 1924 | #405 | 289 |
| 1923 | #417 | 257 |
| 1922 | #407 | 261 |
| 1921 | #415 | 265 |
| 1920 | #453 | 222 |
| 1919 | #489 | 188 |
| 1918 | #444 | 223 |
| 1917 | #457 | 200 |
| 1916 | #424 | 219 |
| 1915 | #444 | 192 |
| 1914 | #462 | 139 |
| 1913 | #453 | 120 |
| 1912 | #455 | 108 |
| 1911 | #522 | 63 |
| 1910 | #503 | 65 |
| 1909 | #488 | 58 |
| 1908 | #507 | 51 |
| 1907 | #637 | 34 |
| 1906 | #492 | 49 |
| 1905 | #587 | 35 |
| 1904 | #600 | 32 |
| 1903 | #492 | 42 |
| 1902 | #612 | 29 |
| 1901 | #591 | 28 |
| 1900 | #885 | 18 |
| 1899 | #704 | 20 |
| 1898 | #586 | 30 |
| 1897 | #660 | 22 |
| 1896 | #621 | 25 |
| 1895 | #703 | 20 |
| 1894 | #628 | 22 |
| 1893 | #644 | 20 |
| 1892 | #638 | 20 |
| 1891 | #750 | 13 |
| 1890 | #727 | 14 |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 |
| 1888 | #636 | 16 |
| 1887 | #608 | 14 |
| 1886 | #778 | 9 |
| 1885 | #576 | 14 |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 |
| 1883 | #651 | 9 |
| 1882 | #634 | 9 |
| 1881 | #503 | 11 |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Winona was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 107 spots since 2024 (#734 → #627)
- 791 spots since 2020 (#1,418 → #627)
- 3,362 spots since 2015 (#3,989 → #627)
- Biggest jump: 354 spots in 1885 (#930 → #576)
- Biggest drop: 279 spots in 1884 (#651 → #930)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1924 at #405 (289 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 82 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1880–1957
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,449
- Highest: 1 in 3,449 girls born in 2025 were named Winona (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #405 in 1924, was only 1 in 4,321 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 18.8% of all girls named Winona (2,430) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 108 | #503 (1881) | #674 |
| 1890s | 206 | #586 (1898) | #666 |
| 1900s | 376 | #488 (1909) | #589 |
| 1910s | 1,517 | #424 (1916) | #465 |
| 1920s | 2,430 | #405 (1924) | #439 |
| 1930s | 1,888 | #406 (1931) | #482 |
| 1940s | 1,076 | #604 (1941) | #767 |
| 1950s | 1,057 | #794 (1950) | #954 |
| 1960s | 726 | #1,145 (1962) | #1,324 |
| 1970s | 481 | #1,541 (1972) | #1,953 |
| 1980s | 245 | #2,488 (1981) | #3,775 |
| 1990s | 340 | #2,318 (1992) | #3,544 |
| 2000s | 195 | #4,291 (2000) | #6,362 |
| 2010s | 550 | #1,655 (2019) | #3,794 |
| 2020s | 1,758 | #627 (2025) | #988 |
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.
Winona in 1880
girls
#738
6 births · 1 in 15,166 girls
Top girls' names in 1880
More about 1880
girls
90,994 girls got a published name in 1880; 1 in 15,166 of them was named Winona, which outranked 21.7% of the 942 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of girls (7.0% in 2025).