Girls' name · since 1916
Winefred
Winefred has 105 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,635 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 105
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Winefred is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 105 have been recorded since 1916.
Winefred has 105 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1949.
- #26,635 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 105 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Winefred ranks #26,635 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 105 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #26,635 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 105
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Winefred's 105 recorded births place it above 63.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Winefred's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Winefred's SSA record in two at 1924 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1916, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1918 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Winefred popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1949
- Peak year (1918)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Winefred by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (56 births, 53% of the file).
1920s was Winefred's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Winefred births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
34 births
- 1920s
1920s
56 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 56 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Winefred's decade-level peak was the 1920s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Winefred: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~33 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, 1916–1949 (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 Winefred 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.