Meaning not yet researched.
Winona: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 466 in 2025. Its best rank was #407 in 1931.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #407 in 1931; #627 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Winona in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#627 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1931, at #407.
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Winona: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 466 girls in 2025. Peak: #407 in 1931 · most girls in one year: 466 (2025).
In 2025, 466 US girls were named Winona, making it the 627th most common girls’ name of the year, up 107 places from #734 in 2024. That is 82 more than the 384 girls named Winona in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #407, reached in 1931. The most girls given the name in a single year was 466, in 2025. For comparison, it was #4,066 in 2015 and #797 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Winona in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 6 babies with the name. In all, 12,953 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 2,430 babies named Winona.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,127 US girls were named Winona; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 466. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,449 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Winona ranked highest in Maine in 2025, at #207 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Wynona (3,836 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Wenona, Wynonna and Wenonah are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Wenona (1,168), Wynonna (532), Wenonah (506), Winnona (165), Wynnona (19), Winonna (12), Winonah (7), Wynonah (5).
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.
No nicknames listed for Winona in the open dataset we use.
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 22 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 6 | #207 | — |
| Wisconsin | 22 | #252 | — |
| North Dakota | 5 | #255 | — |
| Utah | 14 | #329 | — |
| Minnesota | 17 | #343 | — |
| Ohio | 30 | #388 | — |
| Michigan | 23 | #393 | — |
| Oregon | 10 | #394 | — |
| Washington | 18 | #412 | — |
| Colorado | 14 | #426 | — |
| Idaho | 5 | #475 | — |
| Indiana | 15 | #479 | — |
| Illinois | 20 | #513 | — |
| Kentucky | 8 | #568 | — |
| Virginia | 14 | #570 | — |
| Kansas | 6 | #574 | — |
| Missouri | 10 | #587 | — |
| Nevada | 5 | #596 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 17 | #614 | — |
| North Carolina | 17 | #633 | — |
| Arkansas | 5 | #658 | — |
| Arizona | 10 | #674 | — |
| Iowa | 5 | #678 | — |
| Tennessee | 10 | #747 | — |
| New York | 22 | #755 | — |
| California | 36 | #828 | #3,375 |
| Georgia | 11 | #911 | — |
| Florida | 17 | #955 | — |
| Texas | 29 | #1,005 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 466 | #627 | — | — |
| 2024 | 384 | #734 | — | — |
| 2023 | 306 | #880 | — | — |
| 2022 | 273 | #977 | — | — |
| 2021 | 175 | #1,300 | — | — |
| 2020 | 154 | #1,421 | — | — |
| 2019 | 127 | #1,666 | — | — |
| 2018 | 96 | #2,047 | — | — |
| 2017 | 77 | #2,382 | — | — |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,592 | — | — |
| 2015 | 37 | #4,066 | — | — |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,097 | — | — |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,416 | — | — |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,381 | — | — |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,551 | — | — |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,625 | — | — |
| 2009 | 16 | #8,036 | — | — |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,503 | — | — |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,700 | — | — |
| 2006 | 22 | #6,116 | — | — |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,481 | — | — |
| 2004 | 17 | #7,067 | — | — |
| 2003 | 16 | #7,195 | — | — |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,441 | — | — |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,309 | — | — |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,395 | — | — |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,307 | — | — |
| 1998 | 27 | #4,236 | — | — |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,223 | — | — |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,828 | — | — |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,777 | — | — |
| 1994 | 39 | #3,037 | — | — |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,771 | — | — |
| 1992 | 56 | #2,349 | — | — |
| 1991 | 50 | #2,517 | — | — |
| 1990 | 34 | #3,296 | — | — |
| 1989 | 25 | #4,013 | — | — |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,316 | — | — |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,166 | — | — |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,750 | — | — |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,727 | — | — |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,963 | — | — |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,149 | — | — |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,896 | — | — |
| 1981 | 38 | #2,528 | — | — |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,602 | — | — |
| 1979 | 34 | #2,669 | — | — |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,571 | — | — |
| 1977 | 38 | #2,380 | — | — |
| 1976 | 53 | #1,792 | — | — |
| 1975 | 46 | #1,962 | — | — |
| 1974 | 48 | #1,847 | — | — |
| 1973 | 57 | #1,620 | — | — |
| 1972 | 60 | #1,563 | — | — |
| 1971 | 63 | #1,559 | — | — |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,857 | — | — |
| 1969 | 50 | #1,726 | — | — |
| 1968 | 54 | #1,574 | — | — |
| 1967 | 60 | #1,440 | — | — |
| 1966 | 73 | #1,272 | — | — |
| 1965 | 73 | #1,262 | — | — |
| 1964 | 78 | #1,253 | — | — |
| 1963 | 79 | #1,240 | — | — |
| 1962 | 91 | #1,150 | — | — |
| 1961 | 78 | #1,259 | — | — |
| 1960 | 90 | #1,155 | — | — |
| 1959 | 80 | #1,202 | — | — |
| 1958 | 105 | #1,017 | — | — |
| 1957 | 115 | #969 | — | — |
| 1956 | 121 | #923 | — | — |
| 1955 | 105 | #977 | — | — |
| 1954 | 100 | #977 | — | — |
| 1953 | 95 | #987 | — | — |
| 1952 | 113 | #869 | — | — |
| 1951 | 104 | #890 | — | — |
| 1950 | 119 | #797 | — | — |
| 1949 | 100 | #885 | — | — |
| 1948 | 94 | #903 | — | — |
| 1947 | 119 | #802 | — | — |
| 1946 | 90 | #880 | — | — |
| 1945 | 99 | #757 | — | — |
| 1944 | 92 | #800 | — | — |
| 1943 | 108 | #751 | — | — |
| 1942 | 109 | #716 | — | — |
| 1941 | 136 | #606 | — | — |
| 1940 | 129 | #617 | — | — |
| 1939 | 127 | #597 | — | — |
| 1938 | 170 | #514 | — | — |
| 1937 | 172 | #503 | — | — |
| 1936 | 167 | #503 | — | — |
| 1935 | 173 | #480 | — | — |
| 1934 | 199 | #460 | — | — |
| 1933 | 209 | #451 | — | — |
| 1932 | 198 | #467 | — | — |
| 1931 | 252 | #407 | — | — |
| 1930 | 221 | #454 | — | — |
| 1929 | 189 | #489 | — | — |
| 1928 | 223 | #464 | — | — |
| 1927 | 230 | #461 | — | — |
| 1926 | 224 | #459 | — | — |
| 1925 | 270 | #421 | — | — |
| 1924 | 289 | #407 | — | — |
| 1923 | 257 | #418 | — | — |
| 1922 | 261 | #408 | — | — |
| 1921 | 265 | #415 | — | — |
| 1920 | 222 | #455 | — | — |
| 1919 | 188 | #491 | — | — |
| 1918 | 223 | #445 | — | — |
| 1917 | 200 | #457 | — | — |
| 1916 | 219 | #425 | — | — |
| 1915 | 192 | #444 | — | — |
| 1914 | 139 | #465 | — | — |
| 1913 | 120 | #456 | — | — |
| 1912 | 108 | #455 | — | — |
| 1911 | 63 | #529 | — | — |
| 1910 | 65 | #513 | — | — |
| 1909 | 58 | #495 | — | — |
| 1908 | 51 | #510 | — | — |
| 1907 | 34 | #648 | — | — |
| 1906 | 49 | #498 | — | — |
| 1905 | 35 | #599 | — | — |
| 1904 | 32 | #611 | — | — |
| 1903 | 42 | #495 | — | — |
| 1902 | 29 | #621 | — | — |
| 1901 | 28 | #602 | — | — |
| 1900 | 18 | #916 | — | — |
| 1899 | 20 | #727 | — | — |
| 1898 | 30 | #595 | — | — |
| 1897 | 22 | #680 | — | — |
| 1896 | 25 | #633 | — | — |
| 1895 | 20 | #724 | — | — |
| 1894 | 22 | #642 | — | — |
| 1893 | 20 | #660 | — | — |
| 1892 | 20 | #665 | — | — |
| 1891 | 13 | #794 | — | — |
| 1890 | 14 | #756 | — | — |
| 1889 | 14 | #721 | — | — |
| 1888 | 16 | #661 | — | — |
| 1887 | 14 | #632 | — | — |
| 1886 | 9 | #825 | — | — |
| 1885 | 14 | #606 | — | — |
| 1884 | 6 | #1,021 | — | — |
| 1883 | 9 | #691 | — | — |
| 1882 | 9 | #675 | — | — |
| 1881 | 11 | #537 | — | — |
| 1880 | 6 | #833 | — | — |
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).