Boys' name · since 1898
Wince
21 babies named Wince in U.S. Social Security records since 1898, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,887 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 1898
- 1940s
- peak decade
Wince is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 21 have been recorded since 1898.
Wince has 21 recorded births among boys since 1898, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1898 to 1949.
- #28,887 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 21 born since 1898
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wince ranks #28,887 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1898, peaking in the 1940s.
- #28,887 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 1898
- 1940s
- peak decade
Wince's 21 recorded births place it above 36.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Wince's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Wince's SSA record in two at 1946 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1898, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1914 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Wince popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–1949
- Peak year (1914)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Wince by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (10 births, 48% of the file).
1940s was Wince's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Wince births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s
1890s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 10 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Wince: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1914)
Similar record span (~51 yrs)
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, 1898–1949 (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 Wince 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.