Winifred — #1027 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Winifred

The Social Security Administration has registered 44,809 babies named Winifred between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Winifred currently holds the #1027 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 1,593 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Winifred performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 12,083 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Winifred shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5,516 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Winifred in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Winifred 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 44,809 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.