Winfield

Where Winfield comes from

Winfield hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1786
    Winfield Scott born
    United States Army general
  2. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #122 among boys with 108 babies — 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

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

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.