Recorded 1922–1962 Girls' name Peak 1923 108 births

Winna — girls' name

108 babies named Winna in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1920s441930s301940s101950s61960s18
1920s
Peak decade

41% of everyone ever named Winna was born in this single decade.

1923
Single peak year

12 babies were named Winna in 1923 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Winna

The Social Security Administration has registered 108 babies named Winna between 1922 and 1962, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Winna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1962. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Winna performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Winna shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Winna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Winna 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 108 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.

Winna at a glance

Last recorded 1962

Total births

108

Since 1922

41 years of records

Peak year

1923

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1962

Active since

1922

Recorded for 41 years

Last year on file: 1962

Winna popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–1922

Last recorded 1962
Peak year (1923)
12
Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
468101214 196219511943193619321927192519231922 9

Winna by decade

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

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
44 births that decade — 41% of Winna's all-time total
1920s441930s301940s101950s61960s18

Winna by state

Where Winna concentrates geographically — total births since 1922

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Winna
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
6 5.6%
Texas share of Winna's total US births 5.6%

6 of 108 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Winna?
108 babies have been named Winna since 1922. It was last recorded in 1962. The peak year was 1923 with 12 births.
When was Winna most popular?
Winna was most popular in the 1920s decade with 44 total births. The single peak year was 1923.
Where is Winna most popular?
The top states for the name Winna are Texas (6 births).
How long has the name Winna been used?
Winna has been recorded in Social Security data since 1922, spanning 41 years of data through 1962.
What names are similar to Winna?
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, 1922–1962 (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.