Boys' name · since 2014
Winchester
Winchester has 106 recorded births since 2014 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,058 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,419 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 106
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Winchester currently ranks #10419 among boys' names in America, with 106 babies recorded since 2014.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Winchester has been recorded 106 times among boys since 2014, currently ranked #10419 nationally and more common than 25% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.
- #17,058 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,419 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 106 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Winchester ranks #17,058 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,419 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 106 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,058 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,419 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 106
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Winchester's 106 recorded births place it above 62.48% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Winchester compares
106 27th 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
Winchester's all-time total is 71% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Winchester | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 106 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Winchester's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Winchester splits its recorded history at 2020: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2019 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Winchester popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Winchester by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (57 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Winchester's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Winchester births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
49 births
- 2020s
2020s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 57 births (54% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Winchester: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2014–2025 (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 Winchester 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.