Recorded 1918–1926 Girls' name Peak 1919 16 births

Winiferd — girls' name

16 babies named Winiferd in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s111920s5
1910s
Peak decade

69% of everyone ever named Winiferd was born in this single decade.

1919
Single peak year

6 babies were named Winiferd in 1919 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Winiferd

The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Winiferd between 1918 and 1926, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Winiferd currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1926. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Winiferd performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Winiferd shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Winiferd 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 16 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.

Winiferd at a glance

Last recorded 1926

Total births

16

Since 1918

9 years of records

Peak year

1919

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1910s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1926

Active since

1918

Recorded for 9 years

Last year on file: 1926

Winiferd popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1918

Last recorded 1926
Peak year (1919)
6
Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
4.555.566.5 192619191918 5

Winiferd by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1910s
Peak decade
1910s
11 births that decade — 69% of Winiferd's all-time total
1910s111920s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Winiferd?
16 babies have been named Winiferd since 1918. It was last recorded in 1926. The peak year was 1919 with 6 births.
When was Winiferd most popular?
Winiferd was most popular in the 1910s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1919.
How long has the name Winiferd been used?
Winiferd has been recorded in Social Security data since 1918, spanning 9 years of data through 1926.
What names are similar to Winiferd?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Winifred, Winnie, Winter, Winona, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1918–1926 (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.