Meaning not yet researched.
Winnie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 646 in 2025. Its best rank was #162 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #162 in 1881; #475 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Winnie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#475 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #162.
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Winnie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 646 girls in 2025. Peak: #162 in 1881 · most girls in one year: 646 (2025).
In 2025, 646 US girls were named Winnie, making it the 475th most common girls’ name of the year, up 73 places from #548 in 2024. That is 92 more than the 554 girls named Winnie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #162, reached in 1881. The most girls given the name in a single year was 646, in 2025. For comparison, it was #1,189 in 2015 and #761 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Winnie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 49 babies with the name. In all, 27,337 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 0.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 4,375 babies named Winnie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,055 US girls were named Winnie; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 646. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,488 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Winnie ranked highest in Indiana in 2025, at #225 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Wynnie, Winni and Winny are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Winnifred.
Meaning not yet researched.
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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.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Wynnie (235), Winni (142), Winny (72), Wini (10).
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.
Winnie is listed as a nickname for Winifred, Winnifred.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 14 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 32 | #225 | #1,248 |
| Kentucky | 20 | #232 | — |
| Maine | 5 | #257 | — |
| Utah | 18 | #259 | #624 |
| West Virginia | 7 | #272 | — |
| South Dakota | 5 | #278 | — |
| Minnesota | 20 | #284 | #756 |
| Kansas | 12 | #285 | — |
| Oklahoma | 15 | #294 | — |
| Nebraska | 8 | #295 | — |
| Missouri | 21 | #297 | — |
| Iowa | 12 | #300 | #691 |
| Mississippi | 10 | #300 | — |
| Tennessee | 26 | #314 | — |
| Louisiana | 15 | #320 | #1,034 |
| Michigan | 27 | #339 | #1,104 |
| Ohio | 33 | #346 | — |
| North Carolina | 29 | #380 | #1,581 |
| Wisconsin | 14 | #390 | — |
| Washington | 18 | #411 | #927 |
| Illinois | 23 | #468 | — |
| Arkansas | 7 | #488 | — |
| Massachusetts | 11 | #517 | — |
| Virginia | 16 | #518 | #944 |
| Colorado | 10 | #583 | — |
| Oregon | 6 | #616 | — |
| Connecticut | 5 | #620 | — |
| Georgia | 17 | #644 | #1,486 |
| Florida | 27 | #650 | #1,350 |
| Arizona | 10 | #673 | #1,238 |
| Texas | 45 | #683 | #2,195 |
| South Carolina | 7 | #684 | — |
| New York | 24 | #702 | #816 |
| Alabama | 7 | #711 | — |
| California | 36 | #827 | #886 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | #1,009 | — |
| New Jersey | 7 | #1,031 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 646 | #475 | — | — |
| 2024 | 554 | #548 | — | — |
| 2023 | 489 | #611 | — | — |
| 2022 | 506 | #592 | — | — |
| 2021 | 418 | #693 | — | — |
| 2020 | 353 | #771 | — | — |
| 2019 | 337 | #812 | — | — |
| 2018 | 258 | #1,008 | — | — |
| 2017 | 259 | #1,004 | — | — |
| 2016 | 235 | #1,097 | — | — |
| 2015 | 213 | #1,189 | — | — |
| 2014 | 163 | #1,409 | — | — |
| 2013 | 106 | #1,899 | — | — |
| 2012 | 98 | #2,001 | — | — |
| 2011 | 67 | #2,663 | — | — |
| 2010 | 76 | #2,475 | — | — |
| 2009 | 88 | #2,242 | — | — |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,751 | — | — |
| 2007 | 100 | #2,058 | — | — |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,725 | — | — |
| 2005 | 54 | #3,007 | — | — |
| 2004 | 60 | #2,741 | — | — |
| 2003 | 76 | #2,258 | — | — |
| 2002 | 72 | #2,287 | — | — |
| 2001 | 67 | #2,378 | — | — |
| 2000 | 96 | #1,816 | — | — |
| 1999 | 70 | #2,181 | — | — |
| 1998 | 67 | #2,161 | — | — |
| 1997 | 51 | #2,553 | — | — |
| 1996 | 64 | #2,149 | — | — |
| 1995 | 57 | #2,344 | — | — |
| 1994 | 47 | #2,658 | — | — |
| 1993 | 63 | #2,151 | — | — |
| 1992 | 52 | #2,486 | — | — |
| 1991 | 63 | #2,135 | — | — |
| 1990 | 66 | #2,051 | — | — |
| 1989 | 65 | #1,980 | — | — |
| 1988 | 61 | #1,985 | — | — |
| 1987 | 46 | #2,331 | — | — |
| 1986 | 39 | #2,561 | — | — |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,934 | — | — |
| 1984 | 47 | #2,148 | — | — |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,850 | — | — |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,767 | — | — |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,145 | — | — |
| 1980 | 41 | #2,390 | — | — |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,580 | — | — |
| 1978 | 45 | #2,124 | — | — |
| 1977 | 40 | #2,306 | — | — |
| 1976 | 43 | #2,058 | — | — |
| 1975 | 41 | #2,135 | — | — |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,912 | — | — |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,978 | — | — |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,972 | — | — |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,875 | — | — |
| 1970 | 40 | #2,078 | — | — |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,978 | — | — |
| 1968 | 40 | #1,908 | — | — |
| 1967 | 48 | #1,658 | — | — |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,858 | — | — |
| 1965 | 57 | #1,488 | — | — |
| 1964 | 53 | #1,577 | — | — |
| 1963 | 57 | #1,488 | — | — |
| 1962 | 83 | #1,219 | — | — |
| 1961 | 83 | #1,216 | — | — |
| 1960 | 73 | #1,293 | — | — |
| 1959 | 74 | #1,255 | — | — |
| 1958 | 73 | #1,252 | — | — |
| 1957 | 115 | #968 | — | — |
| 1956 | 97 | #1,042 | — | — |
| 1955 | 97 | #1,025 | — | — |
| 1954 | 102 | #964 | — | — |
| 1953 | 104 | #931 | — | — |
| 1952 | 111 | #877 | — | — |
| 1951 | 143 | #732 | — | — |
| 1950 | 130 | #761 | — | — |
| 1949 | 140 | #718 | — | — |
| 1948 | 153 | #674 | 5 | #4,192 |
| 1947 | 179 | #628 | — | — |
| 1946 | 186 | #587 | — | — |
| 1945 | 195 | #525 | — | — |
| 1944 | 185 | #535 | — | — |
| 1943 | 210 | #514 | 5 | #4,030 |
| 1942 | 242 | #474 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1941 | 240 | #442 | 8 | #2,868 |
| 1940 | 247 | #433 | 9 | #2,668 |
| 1939 | 252 | #426 | 5 | #3,961 |
| 1938 | 223 | #453 | — | — |
| 1937 | 254 | #406 | 7 | #3,171 |
| 1936 | 263 | #393 | — | — |
| 1935 | 346 | #344 | 6 | #3,631 |
| 1934 | 306 | #362 | — | — |
| 1933 | 354 | #333 | 7 | #3,264 |
| 1932 | 328 | #350 | 6 | #3,770 |
| 1931 | 348 | #341 | — | — |
| 1930 | 297 | #393 | 6 | #3,995 |
| 1929 | 320 | #376 | 5 | #4,530 |
| 1928 | 364 | #358 | 13 | #2,385 |
| 1927 | 406 | #335 | — | — |
| 1926 | 437 | #318 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1925 | 401 | #334 | 7 | #3,735 |
| 1924 | 498 | #300 | 8 | #3,502 |
| 1923 | 460 | #300 | 9 | #3,170 |
| 1922 | 461 | #299 | 8 | #3,525 |
| 1921 | 458 | #304 | 11 | #2,800 |
| 1920 | 490 | #294 | 10 | #2,965 |
| 1919 | 541 | #275 | 9 | #3,113 |
| 1918 | 504 | #283 | 9 | #3,092 |
| 1917 | 511 | #273 | — | — |
| 1916 | 477 | #274 | 7 | #3,507 |
| 1915 | 459 | #276 | — | — |
| 1914 | 383 | #264 | 8 | #2,647 |
| 1913 | 328 | #255 | — | — |
| 1912 | 277 | #268 | — | — |
| 1911 | 237 | #252 | — | — |
| 1910 | 248 | #244 | — | — |
| 1909 | 225 | #237 | — | — |
| 1908 | 197 | #247 | — | — |
| 1907 | 235 | #214 | 5 | #1,543 |
| 1906 | 211 | #215 | — | — |
| 1905 | 207 | #215 | — | — |
| 1904 | 203 | #214 | — | — |
| 1903 | 208 | #202 | — | — |
| 1902 | 221 | #197 | — | — |
| 1901 | 218 | #190 | — | — |
| 1900 | 271 | #190 | — | — |
| 1899 | 264 | #170 | 6 | #1,048 |
| 1898 | 304 | #165 | 7 | #999 |
| 1897 | 155 | #220 | — | — |
| 1896 | 205 | #193 | — | — |
| 1895 | 196 | #194 | — | — |
| 1894 | 202 | #186 | — | — |
| 1893 | 214 | #174 | 6 | #1,029 |
| 1892 | 218 | #170 | 5 | #1,255 |
| 1891 | 202 | #168 | — | — |
| 1890 | 166 | #181 | — | — |
| 1889 | 162 | #180 | — | — |
| 1888 | 143 | #188 | — | — |
| 1887 | 114 | #185 | — | — |
| 1886 | 129 | #179 | 5 | #1,104 |
| 1885 | 80 | #221 | — | — |
| 1884 | 92 | #196 | 7 | #846 |
| 1883 | 62 | #232 | 5 | #1,029 |
| 1882 | 74 | #189 | — | — |
| 1881 | 84 | #162 | — | — |
| 1880 | 49 | #222 | — | — |
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).