Winona

#627 for girls in 2025, 466 births

Peak · girls
#405
1924 · 289 births
Debut · girls
1880
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,953
since 1880

Winona over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #405, 1924girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#627466
2024#734384
2023#878306
2022#975273
2021#1,293175
2020#1,418154
2019#1,655127
2018#2,02696
2017#2,35777
2016#2,56069
2015#3,98937
2014#4,00337
2013#4,33633
2012#4,29634
2011#6,33520
2010#6,38220
2009#7,67916
2008#8,10915
2007#5,52625
2006#5,90622
2005#7,13816
2004#6,76817
2003#6,88516
2002#5,25422
2001#6,06718
2000#4,29128
1999#4,20127
1998#4,14227
1997#5,01020
1996#3,72329
1995#3,67029
1994#2,98839
1993#3,68129
1992#2,31856
1991#2,48450
1990#3,22734
1989#3,89325
1988#5,06516
1987#3,10130
1986#5,45913
1985#3,62123
1984#4,73715
1983#3,06527
1982#3,78021
1981#2,48838
1980#2,53737
1979#2,62134
1978#2,51634
1977#2,34138
1976#1,77553
1975#1,93546
1974#1,82048
1973#1,60757
1972#1,54160
1971#1,54663
1970#1,82848
1969#1,71150
1968#1,55954
1967#1,42860
1966#1,26273
1965#1,25673
1964#1,24678
1963#1,23379
1962#1,14591
1961#1,25378
1960#1,14790
1959#1,19280
1958#1,012105
1957#965115
1956#914121
1955#967105
1954#969100
1953#98195
1952#867113
1951#882104
1950#794119
1949#879100
1948#89694
1947#797119
1946#87490
1945#75599
1944#79792
1943#745108
1942#711109
1941#604136
1940#614129
1939#593127
1938#512170
1937#503172
1936#500167
1935#479173
1934#460199
1933#446209
1932#464198
1931#406252
1930#453221
1929#489189
1928#462223
1927#461230
1926#457224
1925#419270
1924#405289
1923#417257
1922#407261
1921#415265
1920#453222
1919#489188
1918#444223
1917#457200
1916#424219
1915#444192
1914#462139
1913#453120
1912#455108
1911#52263
1910#50365
1909#48858
1908#50751
1907#63734
1906#49249
1905#58735
1904#60032
1903#49242
1902#61229
1901#59128
1900#88518
1899#70420
1898#58630
1897#66022
1896#62125
1895#70320
1894#62822
1893#64420
1892#63820
1891#75013
1890#72714
1889#68714
1888#63616
1887#60814
1886#7789
1885#57614
1884#9306
1883#6519
1882#6349
1881#50311
1880#7386
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.

See more about Winona
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s108#503 (1881)#674
1890s206#586 (1898)#666
1900s376#488 (1909)#589
1910s1,517#424 (1916)#465
1920s2,430#405 (1924)#439
1930s1,888#406 (1931)#482
1940s1,076#604 (1941)#767
1950s1,057#794 (1950)#954
1960s726#1,145 (1962)#1,324
1970s481#1,541 (1972)#1,953
1980s245#2,488 (1981)#3,775
1990s340#2,318 (1992)#3,544
2000s195#4,291 (2000)#6,362
2010s550#1,655 (2019)#3,794
2020s1,758#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 1979

girls
#2,621
34 births · 1 in 47,214 girls

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #2,621Winona34
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 47,214 of them was named Winona, which outranked 78.1% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Winona
  1. #2,582Tijuana35
  2. #2,582Tristan35
  3. #2,582Tywanda35
  4. #2,621Winona34
  5. #2,621Alvina34
  6. #2,621Angelene34
  7. #2,621Anjelica34
  8. #2,671Abbi33
  9. #2,671Acacia33
  10. #2,671Adeline33

Tied with 49 names at #2,621; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,593Breanne#2,125 → #532
  2. ↑ 1,527Loni#2,516 → #989
  3. ↑ 1,287Renata#2,012 → #725
  4. ↑ 985Ashanti#1,862 → #877
  5. ↑ 896Nicolette#1,581 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 392Christel#762 → #1,154
  2. ↓ 312Kenisha#557 → #869
  3. ↓ 297Ariane#887 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 285Imelda#947 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 252Farrah#539 → #791

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

See the top 100 for 1979 →