Meaning not yet researched.
Winifred: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 284 in 2025. Its best rank was #141 in 1917.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #141 in 1917; #923 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Winifred in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#923 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1917, at #141.
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Winifred: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 284 girls in 2025. Peak: #141 in 1917 · most girls in one year: 1,593 (1918).
In 2025, 284 US girls were named Winifred, making it the 923rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 110 places from #1,033 in 2024. That is 39 more than the 245 girls named Winifred in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #141, reached in 1917. The most girls given the name in a single year was 1,593, in 1918. For comparison, it was #1,447 in 2015 and #470 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Winifred in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 92 babies with the name. In all, 46,200 US babies have been given the name, 98% of them girls and 2.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 12,400 babies named Winifred.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,147 US girls were named Winifred; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 284. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,659 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Winifred ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #479 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Winnifred (5,127 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Winefred, Winniefred and Winnefred are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Freddie, Winnet and Winnie.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Winefred (105), Winniefred (54), Winnefred (49), Winafred (18), Winifrede (6), Wynnifred (6).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 30 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 12 | #479 | #617 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #479 | — |
| Oregon | 8 | #480 | — |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #483 | — |
| Minnesota | 11 | #501 | #663 |
| Utah | 8 | #538 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 20 | #557 | #1,228 |
| Illinois | 18 | #573 | #1,441 |
| Colorado | 10 | #582 | — |
| Indiana | 10 | #649 | — |
| Iowa | 5 | #677 | — |
| Michigan | 12 | #688 | — |
| Missouri | 8 | #725 | #1,119 |
| Ohio | 13 | #740 | — |
| Virginia | 8 | #929 | #1,392 |
| New York | 17 | #944 | #1,211 |
| Washington | 6 | #1,037 | — |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,271 | #1,580 |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,300 | #1,058 |
| California | 16 | #1,481 | #1,811 |
| Texas | 14 | #1,706 | #2,194 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 284 | #923 | — | — |
| 2024 | 245 | #1,033 | — | — |
| 2023 | 269 | #963 | — | — |
| 2022 | 229 | #1,094 | — | — |
| 2021 | 235 | #1,071 | — | — |
| 2020 | 222 | #1,104 | — | — |
| 2019 | 193 | #1,215 | — | — |
| 2018 | 154 | #1,440 | — | — |
| 2017 | 169 | #1,371 | — | — |
| 2016 | 147 | #1,540 | — | — |
| 2015 | 160 | #1,447 | — | — |
| 2014 | 100 | #1,995 | — | — |
| 2013 | 71 | #2,531 | — | — |
| 2012 | 49 | #3,359 | — | — |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,800 | — | — |
| 2010 | 22 | #6,172 | — | — |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,101 | — | — |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,135 | — | — |
| 2007 | 23 | #6,075 | — | — |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,225 | — | — |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,952 | — | — |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,957 | — | — |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,582 | — | — |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,664 | — | — |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,683 | — | — |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,487 | — | — |
| 1999 | 14 | #7,226 | — | — |
| 1998 | 17 | #6,061 | — | — |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,477 | — | — |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,385 | — | — |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,673 | — | — |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,597 | — | — |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,386 | — | — |
| 1992 | 26 | #4,084 | — | — |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,395 | — | — |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,358 | — | — |
| 1989 | 14 | #6,152 | 6 | #7,880 |
| 1988 | 23 | #4,013 | — | — |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,855 | — | — |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,184 | — | — |
| 1985 | 15 | #5,071 | — | — |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,525 | — | — |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,805 | — | — |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,775 | — | — |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,144 | — | — |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,066 | — | — |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,579 | — | — |
| 1978 | 27 | #3,007 | — | — |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,664 | — | — |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,186 | — | — |
| 1975 | 48 | #1,904 | — | — |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,960 | — | — |
| 1973 | 58 | #1,606 | 9 | #3,685 |
| 1972 | 50 | #1,770 | 5 | #5,737 |
| 1971 | 58 | #1,623 | 8 | #3,958 |
| 1970 | 85 | #1,284 | — | — |
| 1969 | 76 | #1,302 | — | — |
| 1968 | 84 | #1,189 | — | — |
| 1967 | 101 | #1,027 | 9 | #2,980 |
| 1966 | 96 | #1,077 | 5 | #4,533 |
| 1965 | 110 | #995 | 7 | #3,532 |
| 1964 | 134 | #903 | 7 | #3,596 |
| 1963 | 162 | #818 | 9 | #3,041 |
| 1962 | 171 | #801 | 15 | #2,184 |
| 1961 | 156 | #847 | 12 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 162 | #821 | 8 | #3,332 |
| 1959 | 193 | #726 | 13 | #2,410 |
| 1958 | 222 | #663 | 14 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 216 | #669 | 8 | #3,254 |
| 1956 | 253 | #598 | 14 | #2,260 |
| 1955 | 263 | #564 | 14 | #2,218 |
| 1954 | 224 | #609 | 11 | #2,588 |
| 1953 | 261 | #535 | 11 | #2,527 |
| 1952 | 278 | #505 | 10 | #2,673 |
| 1951 | 294 | #481 | 11 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 297 | #470 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 1949 | 363 | #414 | 8 | #3,014 |
| 1948 | 302 | #461 | 11 | #2,439 |
| 1947 | 374 | #420 | 10 | #2,667 |
| 1946 | 371 | #396 | 9 | #2,685 |
| 1945 | 319 | #398 | 15 | #1,851 |
| 1944 | 312 | #405 | 10 | #2,463 |
| 1943 | 438 | #340 | 20 | #1,634 |
| 1942 | 457 | #324 | 23 | #1,495 |
| 1941 | 404 | #329 | 8 | #2,867 |
| 1940 | 384 | #325 | 17 | #1,734 |
| 1939 | 416 | #302 | 16 | #1,792 |
| 1938 | 471 | #289 | 15 | #1,896 |
| 1937 | 444 | #295 | 18 | #1,686 |
| 1936 | 462 | #279 | 22 | #1,461 |
| 1935 | 491 | #273 | 22 | #1,493 |
| 1934 | 510 | #272 | 16 | #1,855 |
| 1933 | 554 | #260 | 23 | #1,455 |
| 1932 | 572 | #262 | 24 | #1,464 |
| 1931 | 670 | #232 | 24 | #1,456 |
| 1930 | 699 | #230 | 21 | #1,643 |
| 1929 | 816 | #218 | 31 | #1,294 |
| 1928 | 955 | #205 | 27 | #1,447 |
| 1927 | 1,014 | #201 | 25 | #1,559 |
| 1926 | 1,111 | #188 | 32 | #1,295 |
| 1925 | 1,221 | #178 | 32 | #1,303 |
| 1924 | 1,269 | #178 | 33 | #1,286 |
| 1923 | 1,420 | #164 | 29 | #1,383 |
| 1922 | 1,428 | #162 | 34 | #1,258 |
| 1921 | 1,417 | #163 | 34 | #1,266 |
| 1920 | 1,432 | #160 | 40 | #1,138 |
| 1919 | 1,332 | #164 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1918 | 1,593 | #145 | 47 | #985 |
| 1917 | 1,526 | #141 | 28 | #1,320 |
| 1916 | 1,365 | #148 | 27 | #1,334 |
| 1915 | 1,299 | #143 | 22 | #1,504 |
| 1914 | 904 | #161 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 1913 | 741 | #157 | 18 | #1,251 |
| 1912 | 662 | #162 | 10 | #1,742 |
| 1911 | 463 | #166 | 7 | #1,532 |
| 1910 | 370 | #185 | — | — |
| 1909 | 297 | #195 | 6 | #1,438 |
| 1908 | 281 | #199 | — | — |
| 1907 | 264 | #199 | — | — |
| 1906 | 287 | #178 | 5 | #1,409 |
| 1905 | 276 | #180 | 5 | #1,420 |
| 1904 | 252 | #189 | — | — |
| 1903 | 272 | #178 | 7 | #1,006 |
| 1902 | 226 | #193 | — | — |
| 1901 | 232 | #184 | — | — |
| 1900 | 302 | #177 | 5 | #1,504 |
| 1899 | 241 | #179 | — | — |
| 1898 | 289 | #170 | — | — |
| 1897 | 217 | #183 | — | — |
| 1896 | 212 | #190 | — | — |
| 1895 | 234 | #176 | — | — |
| 1894 | 216 | #180 | — | — |
| 1893 | 232 | #166 | — | — |
| 1892 | 213 | #174 | — | — |
| 1891 | 235 | #150 | — | — |
| 1890 | 204 | #171 | — | — |
| 1889 | 186 | #162 | — | — |
| 1888 | 176 | #165 | — | — |
| 1887 | 154 | #161 | — | — |
| 1886 | 146 | #160 | — | — |
| 1885 | 120 | #170 | — | — |
| 1884 | 146 | #146 | — | — |
| 1883 | 125 | #148 | — | — |
| 1882 | 83 | #174 | 5 | #1,094 |
| 1881 | 81 | #167 | — | — |
| 1880 | 92 | #150 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).