Girls' name · since 1925
Winell
18 babies named Winell in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1929. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,379 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1925
- 1920s
- peak decade
Winell is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 18 have been recorded since 1925.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Winell has been recorded 18 times among girls since 1925, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 1929.
- #47,379 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1925
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Winell ranks #47,379 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1925, peaking in the 1920s.
- #47,379 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1925
- 1920s
- peak decade
Winell's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Winell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Winell's full recorded timeline at 1928, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1925, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1929 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Winell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1929
- Peak year (1929)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Winell by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (18 births, 100% of the file).
1920s was Winell's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Winell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 18 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Winell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1929)
Similar record span (~4 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, 1925–1929 (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 Winell 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.