Girls' name · since 1916
Winnefred
Since 1916, U.S. Social Security records show 49 babies named Winnefred, peaking in 1916. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #35,355 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 49
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Winnefred sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 49 recorded since 1916.
Winnefred has 49 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1916 to 1930.
- #35,355 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 49 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Winnefred ranks #35,355 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 49 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #35,355 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 49
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Winnefred's 49 recorded births place it above 51.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Winnefred's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Winnefred's SSA record in two at 1924 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1930, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1916 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Winnefred popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1930
- Peak year (1916)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Winnefred by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (25 births, 51% of the file).
1920s was Winnefred's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Winnefred births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
19 births
- 1920s
1920s
25 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 25 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Winnefred's decade-level peak was the 1920s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Winnefred: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~14 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, 1916–1930 (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 Winnefred 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.