Winfred

Last seen for girls in 1980 at #10,392 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to boys 96.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1917 · 214 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,104
since 1880

Winfred over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Winfred has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #385, 1917boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024——
2023—#12,2395
2022——
2021—#12,1465
2020—#12,0225
2019——
2018—#8,1549
2017—#12,2465
2016——
2015——
2014—#10,7176
2013—#9,6557
2012—#7,05011
2011—#9,6007
2010—#8,1399
2009—#12,4915
2008—#9,0198
2007—#8,9158
2006—#6,90411
2005—#9,1157
2004——
2003—#10,8945
2002—#6,08811
2001—#9,2436
2000—#6,8399
1999—#8,7046
1998—#4,19716
1997—#3,73818
1996—#4,02216
1995—#6,4078
1994—#3,32620
1993—#3,66117
1992—#3,92015
1991—#2,46928
1990—#3,16619
1989—#2,35928
1988—#2,19728
1987—#2,16927
1986—#2,77918
1985—#1,72435
1984—#2,09825
1983—#1,95527
1982—#1,73433
1981—#1,57738
1980#10,3925#1,43244
1979—#1,90328
1978—#1,96525
1977—#1,40742
1976—#1,60833
1975—#1,59332
1974—#1,26944
1973—#1,20147
1972—#1,39137
1971—#1,10155
1970#7,9955#1,08057
1969—#1,09750
1968#5,1478#1,00654
1967—#1,10245
1966—#78585
1965—#77790
1964—#77495
1963#5,2967#751107
1962#5,2937#664137
1961#4,8828#689123
1960#5,1687#640148
1959—#652139
1958—#667131
1957—#590169
1956#5,3256#543193
1955#5,8285#576163
1954—#613145
1953—#587150
1952#5,5635#544164
1951—#566146
1950—#588133
1949#5,2445#598130
1948—#602126
1947#5,2955#595131
1946—#615109
1945#4,5565#504140
1944—#549121
1943#3,4938#508148
1942#4,6225#505147
1941#3,9546#506135
1940#3,5037#465155
1939#3,1458#537113
1938#3,8476#466155
1937—#444158
1936#3,3767#487135
1935#3,4317#470146
1934#2,9239#486139
1933#3,1098#481136
1932#3,9016#428170
1931#2,9729#441163
1930#3,0559#431185
1929#3,6827#429190
1928#4,7255#422198
1927#3,05310#440192
1926#2,87211#424203
1925#2,48914#415208
1924#3,14410#402231
1923#2,91711#392230
1922#2,29116#387244
1921#4,0237#406223
1920#3,5988#394228
1919#1,69823#393222
1918#3,8697#407211
1917#2,20415#385214
1916#2,49812#400192
1915#4,2745#454146
1914—#446116
1913#2,8276#43496
1912#2,6346#49165
1911—#64423
1910—#70718
1909#2,2085#59020
1908—#56620
1907—#55919
1906—#9278
1905—#54918
1904—#64713
1903—#7839
1902—#52117
1901——
1900—#69913
1899—#54813
1898—#63512
1897—#9426
1896—#7789
1895—#57913
1894—#66810
1893—#57212
1892—#7928
1891—#7667
1890—#53313
1889—#54912
1888——
1887—#6798
1886—#54012
1885—#6419
1884—#48815
1883—#55611
1882—#6529
1881—#50312
1880—#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Winfred was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Winfred is popular in 1889

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Winfred
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 368 spots in 1907 (#927 → #559)
  • Biggest drop: 378 spots in 1906 (#549 → #927)
Rise & fade · boys
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1917 at #385 (214 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 46 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 85 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1902–1966
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,325
  • Highest: 1 in 4,325 boys born in 1917 were named Winfred (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.2% of all boys named Winfred (2,147) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s100#488 (1884)#570
1890s103#533 (1890)#681
1900s137#521 (1902)#649
1910s1,303#385 (1917)#476
1920s2,147#387 (1922)#411
1930s1,500#428 (1932)#467
1940s1,342#465 (1940)#545
1950s1,533#543 (1956)#593
1960s934#640 (1960)#829
1970s400#1,080 (1970)#1,452
1980s303#1,432 (1980)#2,002
1990s163#2,469 (1991)#4,361
2000s70#6,088 (2002)#8,834
2010s54#7,050 (2012)#9,366
2020s15#12,022 (2020)#12,136

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.

Winfred in 1889

boys
#549
12 births · 1 in 9,215 boys

Top boys' names in 1889

  1. #1John8,548
  2. #2William7,772
  3. #3James5,020
  4. #4George4,430
  5. #5Charles4,199
  6. #6Frank2,975
  7. #7Joseph2,729
  8. #8Harry2,559
  9. #9Robert2,513
  10. #10Edward2,299
  11. #549Winfred12
More about 1889

boys

110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 9,215 of them was named Winfred, which outranked 50.6% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Winfred
  1. #525Roman13
  2. #525Shirley13
  3. #525Truman13
  4. #549Winfred12
  5. #549Alf12
  6. #549Allie12
  7. #549Alois12
  8. #581Addison11
  9. #581Aloysius11
  10. #581Alvah11

Tied with 31 names at #549; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. ↑ 506Connie#1,031 → #525
  2. ↑ 483Hamilton#917 → #434
  3. ↑ 482Ballard#1,031 → #549
  4. ↑ 453Bertie#917 → #464
  5. ↑ 450Essie#1,031 → #581
Fallers
  1. ↓ 510Wendell#464 → #974
  2. ↓ 469Melton#505 → #974
  3. ↓ 462Enos#416 → #878
  4. ↓ 394Ruby#580 → #974
  5. ↓ 394Webb#580 → #974

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

See the top 100 for 1889 →