Winfield

Where Winfield comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Winfield.

Winfield through the years
  1. 1786
    Winfield Scott born
    United States Army general
  2. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #122 among boys with 108 babies in the first year on record, and still its best.
  3. 1882
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #273.
  4. 1927
    Winfield Dunn born
    American politician
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Winfield Scott · United States Army general, 1786–1866
  • Winfield Dunn · American politician, 1927–2024
  • Winfield Sheehan · American film producer and executive, 1883–1945
  • Winfield T. Durbin · American politician, 1847–1928
  • Winfield K. Denton · American politician, 1896–1971

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.