Total births
18
Girls' name · since 2021
Winley
Since 2021, U.S. Social Security records show 18 babies named Winley, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17277
- among girls today
- 18
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 3%
- more common than other girls
Winley currently ranks #17277 among girls' names in America, with 18 babies recorded since 2021.
Winley has 18 recorded births among girls since 2021, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #17277 as of the latest data, more common than 3% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2021 to 2025.
- #17277 among girls today
- 18 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
- 3% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Winley is currently the #17277 girls' name in America, more common than 3% of girls - 18 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17277
- among girls today
- 18
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 3%
- more common than other girls
Winley vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#17277
of 17,726 girls in use
More common than 3% of names given to girls today.
2020s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Winley was born in this single decade.
2025
Single peak year
8 babies were named Winley in 2025 - its busiest year on record.
How Winley compares
18 6th percentile among 17,726 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
Winley's all-time total is 95% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Winley | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 48 | 19,840 |
Winley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Winley's full recorded timeline at 2024, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2021, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Winley at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2025
Current rank
#17,277
Active since
2021
Winley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Winley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Winley's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Winley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 18 births (100% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Winley? ▼
18 babies have been named Winley since 2021. It currently ranks #17277 among girls. The peak year was 2025 with 8 births.
When was Winley most popular? ▼
Winley was most popular in the 2020s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Winley been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Winley since 2021 -- 5 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Winley? ▼
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.
Keep exploring Winley
Nearby Names Like Winley
Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Winley
Winifred Girl
#1027 45,094 births
Winnie Girl
#547 27,109 births
Winter Girl
#385 15,619 births
Winona Girl
#734 12,953 births
Winnifred Girl
#2750 5,127 births
Compare Winley side by side: Winley vs Winifred Winley vs Winnie Winley vs Winter
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 2021–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Winley: #17277 Girls' Name - 18 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/winley. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Winley 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 June 2026.