Winston
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #10,271 · #381 for boys in 2025, 830 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1941 · 542 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 32,794since 1880
Winston over time
Rank among boys' names. Winston has never cracked the top 200 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 | — | #381 | 830 | |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #404 | 799 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #397 | 798 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #420 | 761 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #408 | 762 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | #408 | 726 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #371 | 860 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #404 | 790 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #405 | 782 |
| 2016 | — | #471 | 649 | |
| 2015 | — | #523 | 551 | |
| 2014 | — | #537 | 518 | |
| 2013 | — | #623 | 394 | |
| 2012 | — | #614 | 399 | |
| 2011 | — | #744 | 305 | |
| 2010 | — | #878 | 238 | |
| 2009 | — | #816 | 270 | |
| 2008 | — | #812 | 270 | |
| 2007 | — | #868 | 239 | |
| 2006 | — | #877 | 225 | |
| 2005 | — | #794 | 244 | |
| 2004 | — | #827 | 215 | |
| 2003 | — | #873 | 196 | |
| 2002 | — | #790 | 218 | |
| 2001 | — | #794 | 213 | |
| 2000 | — | #703 | 249 | |
| 1999 | — | #658 | 264 | |
| 1998 | — | #759 | 210 | |
| 1997 | — | #738 | 206 | |
| 1996 | — | #667 | 247 | |
| 1995 | — | #677 | 243 | |
| 1994 | — | #663 | 244 | |
| 1993 | — | #646 | 255 | |
| 1992 | — | #618 | 279 | |
| 1991 | — | #598 | 290 | |
| 1990 | — | #593 | 282 | |
| 1989 | — | #623 | 253 | |
| 1988 | — | #633 | 226 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #607 | 223 |
| 1986 | — | #645 | 192 | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #588 | 223 |
| 1984 | — | #627 | 185 | |
| 1983 | — | #694 | 152 | |
| 1982 | — | #650 | 178 | |
| 1981 | — | #633 | 181 | |
| 1980 | — | #651 | 177 | |
| 1979 | — | #691 | 153 | |
| 1978 | — | #636 | 172 | |
| 1977 | — | #623 | 181 | |
| 1976 | — | #674 | 149 | |
| 1975 | — | #641 | 161 | |
| 1974 | — | #677 | 144 | |
| 1973 | — | #623 | 159 | |
| 1972 | — | #618 | 162 | |
| 1971 | — | #564 | 207 | |
| 1970 | — | #606 | 180 | |
| 1969 | — | #569 | 190 | |
| 1968 | — | #600 | 160 | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #545 | 188 |
| 1966 | — | #529 | 208 | |
| 1965 | — | #500 | 233 | |
| 1964 | — | #560 | 198 | |
| 1963 | — | #552 | 207 | |
| 1962 | — | #586 | 177 | |
| 1961 | — | #549 | 206 | |
| 1960 | — | #567 | 189 | |
| 1959 | — | #553 | 196 | |
| 1958 | — | #554 | 194 | |
| 1957 | — | #488 | 256 | |
| 1956 | — | #459 | 270 | |
| 1955 | — | #436 | 284 | |
| 1954 | — | #442 | 270 | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #441 | 262 |
| 1952 | — | #432 | 262 | |
| 1951 | — | #429 | 250 | |
| 1950 | — | #399 | 290 | |
| 1949 | — | #415 | 267 | |
| 1948 | — | #401 | 288 | |
| 1947 | — | #412 | 275 | |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #395 | 271 |
| 1945 | — | #361 | 271 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #313 | 370 |
| 1943 | — | #258 | 547 | |
| 1942 | — | #253 | 523 | |
| 1941 | — | #234 | 542 | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #310 | 329 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #430 | 174 |
| 1938 | — | #436 | 174 | |
| 1937 | — | #401 | 194 | |
| 1936 | — | #422 | 174 | |
| 1935 | — | #417 | 175 | |
| 1934 | — | #391 | 198 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #399 | 183 |
| 1932 | — | #388 | 208 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #425 | 177 |
| 1930 | — | #416 | 200 | |
| 1929 | — | #415 | 201 | |
| 1928 | — | #418 | 206 | |
| 1927 | — | #384 | 237 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #387 | 230 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #399 | 224 |
| 1924 | — | #373 | 262 | |
| 1923 | — | #411 | 213 | |
| 1922 | — | #376 | 257 | |
| 1921 | — | #351 | 289 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #405 | 211 |
| 1919 | — | #404 | 208 | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #400 | 222 |
| 1917 | — | #390 | 207 | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #398 | 194 |
| 1915 | — | #380 | 197 | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #378 | 158 |
| 1913 | — | #448 | 92 | |
| 1912 | — | #393 | 95 | |
| 1911 | — | #497 | 35 | |
| 1910 | — | #654 | 20 | |
| 1909 | — | #419 | 35 | |
| 1908 | — | #389 | 36 | |
| 1907 | — | #511 | 21 | |
| 1906 | — | #503 | 20 | |
| 1905 | — | #507 | 20 | |
| 1904 | — | #612 | 14 | |
| 1903 | — | #619 | 13 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #596 | 12 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #505 | 17 | |
| 1897 | — | #652 | 11 | |
| 1896 | — | #641 | 12 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Winston was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Winston
- 23 spots since 2024 (#404 → #381)
- 27 spots since 2020 (#408 → #381)
- 142 spots since 2015 (#523 → #381)
- Biggest jump: 242 spots in 1889 (#1,031 → #789)
- Biggest drop: 235 spots in 1910 (#419 → #654)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1941 at #234 (542 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 142 yrs · run 1889–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,058 boys born in 2025 were named Winston (0.05%)
- Its best rank, #234 in 1941, was only 1 in 2,266 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.7% of all boys named Winston (5,486) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 42 | #694 (1886) | #859 |
| 1890s | 90 | #505 (1898) | #765 |
| 1900s | 195 | #389 (1908) | #554 |
| 1910s | 1,428 | #378 (1914) | #434 |
| 1920s | 2,330 | #351 (1921) | #392 |
| 1930s | 1,857 | #388 (1932) | #413 |
| 1940s | 3,683 | #234 (1941) | #335 |
| 1950s | 2,534 | #399 (1950) | #463 |
| 1960s | 1,956 | #500 (1965) | #556 |
| 1970s | 1,668 | #564 (1971) | #635 |
| 1980s | 1,990 | #588 (1985) | #635 |
| 1990s | 2,520 | #593 (1990) | #662 |
| 2000s | 2,339 | #703 (2000) | #815 |
| 2010s | 5,486 | #371 (2019) | #557 |
| 2020s | 4,676 | #381 (2025) | #403 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Winston in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 237,080 of them was named Winston, which outranked 13.7% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 771 names at #4,851; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 4,828 of them was named Winston, which outranked 92.0% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #384Thaddeus234
- #385Basil232
- #386Jackson231
- #387Winston230
- #387Lorenzo230
- #387Norris230
- #387Orval230
- #392Mervin228
- #393Buddy226
- #393Rolland226
Tied with 4 names at #387; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.