Winferd — boys' name

What the Data Says About Winferd

The Social Security Administration has registered 390 babies named Winferd between 1915 and 1965, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Winferd currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Winferd performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Winferd shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Winferd in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Winferd in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 390 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.