Girls' name · since 1880
Winifred
Winifred has 45,094 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #636 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #922 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 45,094
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Winifred currently ranks #922 among girls' names in America, with 45,094 babies recorded since 1880.
Winifred has 45,094 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #922 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #636 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #922 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 45,094 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Winifred ranks #636 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #922 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 45,094 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #636 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #922 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 45,094
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Winifred's 45,094 recorded births place it above 99.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Winifred compares
45,094 Top 4% higher than 96% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Winifred's all-time total is 120x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Winifred | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 45,094 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,593 | 21 | 19,840 |
Winifred's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Winifred's full recorded timeline at 1953, 15% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 85% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 12 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1918 peak of 1,593 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Winifred popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1918)
- 1,593
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Winifred popularity over time - boys
1,106 total births recorded since 1882 (Winifred as boys' name)
Winifred by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (12,083 births, 27% of the file).
1920s was Winifred's strongest decade.
12,083 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Winifred births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 1,309
1880s
1,309 births
- 1890s 2,293
1890s
2,293 births
- 1900s 2,689
1900s
2,689 births
- 1910s
1910s
10,255 births
- 1920s
1920s
12,083 births
- 1930s
1930s
5,289 births
- 1940s 3,724
1940s
3,724 births
- 1950s 2,501
1950s
2,501 births
- 1960s 1,252
1960s
1,252 births
- 1970s 461
1970s
461 births
- 1980s 213
1980s
213 births
- 1990s 191
1990s
191 births
- 2000s 255
2000s
255 births
- 2010s 1,095
2010s
1,095 births
- 2020s 1,484
2020s
1,484 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 12,083 births (27% of all-time use).
How Winifred compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Winifred's total volume
Winifred by state
Where Winifred concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5,533 | 12.3% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 3,545 | 7.9% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 2,160 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 2,042 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 2,002 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 1,756 | 3.9% |
| #7 | California | | 1,732 | 3.8% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 1,556 | 3.5% |
5,533 of 45,094 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Winifred appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Winifred's data
- Winifred's decade-level peak was the 1920s (12,083 total births); usage has since declined to 1,484 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Winifreds (5,533 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Winifred: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Winifred 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.