Winifred
#922 for girls in 2025, 284 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 97.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1917 · 1,526 births
- Debut · girls
- 92 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 45,094since 1880
Winifred over time
Rank among girls' names. Winifred has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #922 | 284 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,027 | 245 | — | |
| 2023 | #963 | 269 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,089 | 229 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,069 | 235 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,099 | 222 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,209 | 193 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,435 | 154 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,364 | 169 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,534 | 147 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,437 | 160 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,982 | 100 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,508 | 71 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,314 | 49 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,681 | 30 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,977 | 22 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,013 | 29 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,895 | 23 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,086 | 27 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,828 | 27 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,419 | 22 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,444 | 21 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,297 | 33 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #3,893 | 23 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,423 | 24 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,066 | 28 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,002 | 29 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,525 | 36 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,942 | 27 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,606 | 32 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,877 | 48 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,937 | 44 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,589 | 58 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #1,749 | 50 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #1,613 | 58 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #1,278 | 85 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,290 | 76 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,177 | 84 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,025 | 101 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #1,072 | 96 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #989 | 110 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #899 | 134 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #814 | 162 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #798 | 171 | #2,117 | 15 |
| 1961 | #845 | 156 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #817 | 162 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #724 | 193 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #663 | 222 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | #667 | 216 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #597 | 253 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #561 | 263 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1954 | #607 | 224 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #533 | 261 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #504 | 278 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #480 | 294 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #470 | 297 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #413 | 363 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #460 | 302 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #420 | 374 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #394 | 371 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #397 | 319 | #1,772 | 15 |
| 1944 | #405 | 312 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #340 | 438 | #1,577 | 20 |
| 1942 | #323 | 457 | #1,467 | 23 |
| 1941 | #327 | 404 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #325 | 384 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #301 | 416 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #288 | 471 | #1,818 | 15 |
| 1937 | #295 | 444 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #279 | 462 | #1,417 | 22 |
| 1935 | #273 | 491 | #1,453 | 22 |
| 1934 | #272 | 510 | #1,783 | 16 |
| 1933 | #259 | 554 | #1,405 | 23 |
| 1932 | #262 | 572 | #1,426 | 24 |
| 1931 | #232 | 670 | #1,427 | 24 |
| 1930 | #230 | 699 | #1,602 | 21 |
| 1929 | #218 | 816 | #1,272 | 31 |
| 1928 | #205 | 955 | #1,413 | 27 |
| 1927 | #201 | 1,014 | #1,516 | 25 |
| 1926 | #187 | 1,111 | #1,278 | 32 |
| 1925 | #178 | 1,221 | #1,279 | 32 |
| 1924 | #177 | 1,269 | #1,263 | 33 |
| 1923 | #164 | 1,420 | #1,358 | 29 |
| 1922 | #162 | 1,428 | #1,242 | 34 |
| 1921 | #163 | 1,417 | #1,252 | 34 |
| 1920 | #160 | 1,432 | #1,119 | 40 |
| 1919 | #164 | 1,332 | #1,264 | 31 |
| 1918 | #144 | 1,593 | #975 | 47 |
| 1917 | #141 | 1,526 | #1,291 | 28 |
| 1916 | #148 | 1,365 | #1,304 | 27 |
| 1915 | #143 | 1,299 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #161 | 904 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | #157 | 741 | #1,205 | 18 |
| 1912 | #162 | 662 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #166 | 463 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #185 | 370 | — | |
| 1909 | #195 | 297 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #199 | 281 | — | |
| 1907 | #199 | 264 | — | |
| 1906 | #177 | 287 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #180 | 276 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #189 | 252 | — | |
| 1903 | #178 | 272 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #193 | 226 | — | |
| 1901 | #184 | 232 | — | |
| 1900 | #177 | 302 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #179 | 241 | — | |
| 1898 | #170 | 289 | — | |
| 1897 | #183 | 217 | — | |
| 1896 | #189 | 212 | — | |
| 1895 | #175 | 234 | — | |
| 1894 | #180 | 216 | — | |
| 1893 | #166 | 232 | — | |
| 1892 | #173 | 213 | — | |
| 1891 | #150 | 235 | — | |
| 1890 | #169 | 204 | — | |
| 1889 | #162 | 186 | — | |
| 1888 | #165 | 176 | — | |
| 1887 | #160 | 154 | — | |
| 1886 | #160 | 146 | — | |
| 1885 | #170 | 120 | — | |
| 1884 | #145 | 146 | — | |
| 1883 | #148 | 125 | — | |
| 1882 | #173 | 83 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | #166 | 81 | — | |
| 1880 | #149 | 92 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Winifred was already there! It came in at #149, and was given to 92 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1994–1999, when fewer than 18 girls a year got the name.
Where Winifred is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#1,240 · 1 in 15,231
Best ever in a state: #43 in Hawaii, 1933.
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #1,240 | 9 | 1 in 15,231 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Winifred
- 105 spots since 2024 (#1,027 → #922)
- 177 spots since 2020 (#1,099 → #922)
- 515 spots since 2015 (#1,437 → #922)
- Biggest jump: 126 spots in 2023 (#1,089 → #963)
- Biggest drop: 93 spots in 1960 (#724 → #817)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1917 at #141 (1,526 births)
- Births halved by 1930, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 88 yrs · run 1880–1965
- Highest: 1 in 709 girls born in 1917 were named Winifred (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,659 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 26.8% of all girls named Winifred (12,083) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,309 | #145 (1884) | #160 |
| 1890s | 2,293 | #150 (1891) | #173 |
| 1900s | 2,689 | #177 (1900) | #187 |
| 1910s | 10,255 | #141 (1917) | #157 |
| 1920s | 12,083 | #160 (1920) | #182 |
| 1930s | 5,289 | #230 (1930) | #269 |
| 1940s | 3,724 | #323 (1942) | #380 |
| 1950s | 2,501 | #470 (1950) | #581 |
| 1960s | 1,252 | #798 (1962) | #973 |
| 1970s | 461 | #1,278 (1970) | #2,121 |
| 1980s | 213 | #3,002 (1980) | #4,010 |
| 1990s | 191 | #3,297 (1990) | #5,410 |
| 2000s | 255 | #4,013 (2009) | #5,132 |
| 2010s | 1,095 | #1,209 (2019) | #2,544 |
| 2020s | 1,484 | #922 (2025) | #1,028 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Winifred in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 30,425 of them was named Winifred, which outranked 81.9% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,724Shanell51
- #1,724Stephannie51
- #1,724Tari51
- #1,749Winifred50
- #1,749Brandon50
- #1,749Corine50
- #1,749Elida50
- #1,771Ariana49
- #1,771Bernadine49
- #1,771Chad49
Tied with 21 names at #1,749; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 324,322 of them was named Winifred, which outranked 13.3% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 765 names at #4,986; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.