Girls' name · since 1915
Winnell
Winnell has 72 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1923 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,883 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 72
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Winnell sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 72 recorded since 1915.
Winnell has 72 recorded births among girls since 1915, 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 1915 to 1943.
- #30,883 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 72 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Winnell ranks #30,883 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 72 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #30,883 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 72
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Winnell's 72 recorded births place it above 57.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Winnell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Winnell splits its recorded history at 1928: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1915 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1923 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Winnell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1943
- Peak year (1923)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Winnell by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (32 births, 44% of the file).
1920s was Winnell's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Winnell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
32 births
- 1930s
1930s
24 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 32 births (44% of all-time use).
Winnell by state
Where Winnell concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
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- Winnell's decade-level peak was the 1920s (32 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Winnells (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Winnell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1915–1943 (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 Winnell 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.