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

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Peak · boys
1941 · 542 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
32,794
since 1880

Winston over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Winston has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #234, 1941boys
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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#381830
2024#10,2719#404799
2023#10,3129#397798
2022#13,5926#420761
2021#8,46412#408762
2020#8,40612#408726
2019#13,7996#371860
2018#11,4278#404790
2017#11,6158#405782
2016#471649
2015#523551
2014#537518
2013#623394
2012#614399
2011#744305
2010#878238
2009#816270
2008#812270
2007#868239
2006#877225
2005#794244
2004#827215
2003#873196
2002#790218
2001#794213
2000#703249
1999#658264
1998#759210
1997#738206
1996#667247
1995#677243
1994#663244
1993#646255
1992#618279
1991#598290
1990#593282
1989#623253
1988#633226
1987#9,8256#607223
1986#645192
1985#7,5638#588223
1984#627185
1983#694152
1982#650178
1981#633181
1980#651177
1979#691153
1978#636172
1977#623181
1976#674149
1975#641161
1974#677144
1973#623159
1972#618162
1971#564207
1970#606180
1969#569190
1968#600160
1967#6,0426#545188
1966#529208
1965#500233
1964#560198
1963#552207
1962#586177
1961#549206
1960#567189
1959#553196
1958#554194
1957#488256
1956#459270
1955#436284
1954#442270
1953#5,0406#441262
1952#432262
1951#429250
1950#399290
1949#415267
1948#401288
1947#412275
1946#3,9947#395271
1945#361271
1944#4,5745#313370
1943#258547
1942#253523
1941#234542
1940#3,5037#310329
1939#3,7826#430174
1938#436174
1937#401194
1936#422174
1935#417175
1934#391198
1933#4,2185#399183
1932#388208
1931#4,3315#425177
1930#416200
1929#415201
1928#418206
1927#384237
1926#4,8515#387230
1925#4,9735#399224
1924#373262
1923#411213
1922#376257
1921#351289
1920#4,9755#405211
1919#404208
1918#4,2916#400222
1917#390207
1916#4,4175#398194
1915#380197
1914#3,6185#378158
1913#44892
1912#39395
1911#49735
1910#65420
1909#41935
1908#38936
1907#51121
1906#50320
1905#50720
1904#61214
1903#61913
1902#68711
1901#59612
1900#69913
1899#7149
1898#50517
1897#65211
1896#64112
1895#8727
1894#8577
1893#7688
1892#7928
1891#9635
1890#8846
1889#7897
1888#1,0315
1887#8196
1886#6948
1885
1884#9715
1883#7996
1882
1881
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
61 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1941 at #234 (542 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 142 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 142 yrs · run 1889–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,058
  • 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
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 16.7% of all boys named Winston (5,486) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s42#694 (1886)#859
1890s90#505 (1898)#765
1900s195#389 (1908)#554
1910s1,428#378 (1914)#434
1920s2,330#351 (1921)#392
1930s1,857#388 (1932)#413
1940s3,683#234 (1941)#335
1950s2,534#399 (1950)#463
1960s1,956#500 (1965)#556
1970s1,668#564 (1971)#635
1980s1,990#588 (1985)#635
1990s2,520#593 (1990)#662
2000s2,339#703 (2000)#815
2010s5,486#371 (2019)#557
2020s4,676#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 1940

girls
#3,503
7 births · 1 in 163,361 girls
boys
#310
329 births · 1 in 3,523 boys

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #3,503Winston7

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #310Winston329
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 163,361 of them was named Winston, which outranked 30.3% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Winston
  1. #3,208Zane8
  2. #3,208Zela8
  3. #3,208Zondra8
  4. #3,503Winston7
  5. #3,503Adean7
  6. #3,503Agapita7
  7. #3,503Aleatha7
  8. #3,863Adina6
  9. #3,863Adra6
  10. #3,863Adrain6

Tied with 359 names at #3,503; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 2,494Scarlett#3,429#935
  2. 1,465Lonna#2,206#741
  3. 834Pam#1,797#963
  4. 659Jody#1,638#979
  5. 633Laraine#1,474#841
Fallers
  1. 481Fredia#996#1,477
  2. 430Eleanora#974#1,404
  3. 375Danielle#811#1,186
  4. 342Eloisa#930#1,272
  5. 298Coral#996#1,294

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

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 3,523 of them was named Winston, which outranked 92.1% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Winston
  1. #307Daryl333
  2. #307Tim333
  3. #309Loyd331
  4. #310Winston329
  5. #311Percy328
  6. #312Mitchell325
  7. #312Wilfred325
Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 565Whitney#1,458#893
  2. 447Gonzalo#1,297#850
  3. 419Weston#1,323#904
  4. 368Ashley#1,272#904
  5. 366Agustin#1,238#872
Fallers
  1. 886Montie#916#1,802
  2. 446Verlon#888#1,334
  3. 394Issac#857#1,251
  4. 392Otho#942#1,334
  5. 384Pearl#867#1,251

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

See the top 100 for 1940