Winfred — boys' name
10,104 babies named Winfred in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
21% of everyone ever named Winfred was born in this single decade.
244 babies were named Winfred in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Winfred
The Social Security Administration has registered 10,104 babies named Winfred between 1880 and 2023, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Winfred currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 244 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Winfred performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,147 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Winfred shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 961 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Winfred in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Winfred 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 10,104 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.
Winfred at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Winfred popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1880
- Peak year (1922)
- 244
- Annual births at peak — across 144 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
10,104 total births across 144 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 244 births in a single year.
Winfred popularity over time — girls
351 total births recorded since 1909 (Winfred as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Winfred accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Winfred by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 2,147 births that decade — 21% of Winfred's all-time total
Winfred decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,147 births
- Runner-up 1,533 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Winfred's strongest decade
2,147 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Winfred by state
Where Winfred concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 961 | 9.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 880 | 8.7% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 665 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 558 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 509 | 5.0% |
| #6 | Arkansas | | 433 | 4.3% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 394 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Mississippi | | 323 | 3.2% |
961 of 10,104 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 9.5% of nationwide
- Texas 8.7% of nationwide
- Georgia 6.6% of nationwide
- Alabama 5.5% of nationwide
- Virginia 5.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 9.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Winfred appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.