Winford

Where Winford comes from

Winford 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. 1878
    Winford Lee Lewis born
    American chemist
  2. 1889
    First appearance
    #878 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1928
    Peak, #571
    116 babies named Winford — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1954
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #985.
  5. 1957
    Winford Boynes born
    American basketball player
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Winford Boynes · American basketball player, born 1957
  • Winford Lee Lewis · American chemist, 1878–1943

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.