Winford — boys' name

What the Data Says About Winford

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,503 babies named Winford between 1889 and 2009, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Winford currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 116 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Winford performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,024 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Winford shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 409 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Winford in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Winford 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 4,503 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.