Winford
Last seen for boys in 2009 at #10,994
- Peak · boys
- 1928 · 116 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,503since 1889
Winford over time
Rank among boys' names. Winford has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | — | |
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| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #3,071 | 14 |
| 1982 | #2,426 | 20 |
| 1981 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #2,065 | 22 |
| 1974 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #1,560 | 31 |
| 1970 | #1,523 | 31 |
| 1969 | #1,810 | 21 |
| 1968 | #1,366 | 32 |
| 1967 | #1,476 | 27 |
| 1966 | #1,178 | 40 |
| 1965 | #1,360 | 32 |
| 1964 | #1,462 | 29 |
| 1963 | #1,354 | 33 |
| 1962 | #1,069 | 51 |
| 1961 | #1,059 | 54 |
| 1960 | #1,058 | 53 |
| 1959 | #975 | 62 |
| 1958 | #1,006 | 57 |
| 1957 | #1,214 | 41 |
| 1956 | #999 | 56 |
| 1955 | #957 | 61 |
| 1954 | #985 | 57 |
| 1953 | #878 | 67 |
| 1952 | #850 | 67 |
| 1951 | #915 | 59 |
| 1950 | #872 | 62 |
| 1949 | #821 | 69 |
| 1948 | #879 | 60 |
| 1947 | #771 | 79 |
| 1946 | #785 | 71 |
| 1945 | #791 | 61 |
| 1944 | #745 | 69 |
| 1943 | #709 | 82 |
| 1942 | #704 | 83 |
| 1941 | #620 | 95 |
| 1940 | #694 | 76 |
| 1939 | #685 | 75 |
| 1938 | #710 | 74 |
| 1937 | #665 | 80 |
| 1936 | #581 | 98 |
| 1935 | #614 | 91 |
| 1934 | #635 | 89 |
| 1933 | #642 | 81 |
| 1932 | #600 | 96 |
| 1931 | #638 | 86 |
| 1930 | #625 | 97 |
| 1929 | #644 | 91 |
| 1928 | #571 | 116 |
| 1927 | #597 | 108 |
| 1926 | #631 | 99 |
| 1925 | #608 | 108 |
| 1924 | #616 | 107 |
| 1923 | #606 | 110 |
| 1922 | #692 | 89 |
| 1921 | #652 | 98 |
| 1920 | #635 | 98 |
| 1919 | #649 | 89 |
| 1918 | #651 | 89 |
| 1917 | #804 | 61 |
| 1916 | #771 | 63 |
| 1915 | #767 | 61 |
| 1914 | #1,003 | 31 |
| 1913 | #818 | 34 |
| 1912 | #854 | 27 |
| 1911 | #982 | 12 |
| 1910 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #727 | 9 |
| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #872 | 7 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | — | |
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| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Winford! It came in at #878, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1894, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Winford is popular in 1928
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#241 · 1 in 1,976
- Missouri#245 · 1 in 2,535
- West Virginia#279 · 1 in 2,567
- Alabama#298 · 1 in 2,718
- North Carolina#324 · 1 in 3,436
Best ever in a state: #210 in Tennessee, 1926.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kentucky | #241 | 13 | 1 in 1,976 |
| Missouri | #245 | 11 | 1 in 2,535 |
| West Virginia | #279 | 7 | 1 in 2,567 |
| Alabama | #298 | 10 | 1 in 2,718 |
| North Carolina | #324 | 10 | 1 in 3,436 |
| Mississippi | #329 | 7 | 1 in 2,849 |
| Oklahoma | #392 | 5 | 1 in 4,573 |
| Texas | #397 | 20 | 1 in 2,901 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Winford
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
- Biggest jump: 435 spots in 1901 (#1,162 → #727)
- Biggest drop: 410 spots in 1902 (#727 → #1,137)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1928 at #571 (116 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 26 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1915–1956
- Highest: 1 in 9,548 boys born in 1928 were named Winford (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 330,596 boys born in 2009 (0.00%)
- 22.7% of all boys named Winford (1,024) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #878 (1889) | #878 |
| 1890s | 22 | #872 (1895) | #1,002 |
| 1900s | 41 | #727 (1901) | #1,067 |
| 1910s | 478 | #649 (1919) | #828 |
| 1920s | 1,024 | #571 (1928) | #625 |
| 1930s | 867 | #581 (1936) | #640 |
| 1940s | 745 | #620 (1941) | #752 |
| 1950s | 589 | #850 (1952) | #965 |
| 1960s | 372 | #1,058 (1960) | #1,319 |
| 1970s | 180 | #1,523 (1970) | #2,533 |
| 1980s | 120 | #2,426 (1982) | #3,779 |
| 1990s | 53 | #4,697 (1993) | #5,999 |
| 2000s | 6 | #10,994 (2009) | #10,994 |
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.
Winford in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 9,548 of them was named Winford, which outranked 87.9% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #567Ezra117
- #567Graham117
- #567Sherwood117
- #571Winford116
- #571Lemuel116
- #571Maxwell116
- #571Micheal116
- #577Jonathan115
- #578Alphonso114
- #578Arden114
Tied with 5 names at #571; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.