Unisex name · since 1951
Win
Win has 179 recorded births since 1951 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,661 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,351 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 179
- born since 1951
- 2020s
- peak decade
Win currently ranks #8351 among unisex names in America, with 179 babies recorded since 1951.
Social Security Administration records show Win recorded 179 times among boys since 1951, holding rank #8351 nationally today, ahead of 40% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 2025.
- #13,661 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,351 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 179 born since 1951
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Win ranks #13,661 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,351 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 179 born since 1951, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,661 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,351 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 179
- born since 1951
- 2020s
- peak decade
Win's 179 recorded births place it above 69.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Win compares
179 36th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Win's all-time total is 51% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Win | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 179 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Win's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Win's full recorded timeline at 1999, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1951, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Win popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Win popularity over time - girls
16 total births recorded since 2012 (Win as girls' name)
Win by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (54 births, 30% of the file).
2020s was Win's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Win births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
43 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
39 births
- 2020s
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 54 births (30% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1951–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Win draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.