Unisex name · since 2008
Winner
170 babies named Winner in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,967 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,379 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 170
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
170 babies have been named Winner since 2008, making it today's #6379 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Winner recorded 170 times among boys since 2008, holding rank #6379 nationally today, ahead of 54% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #13,967 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,379 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 170 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Winner ranks #13,967 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,379 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 170 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,967 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,379 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 170
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Winner's 170 recorded births place it above 69.28% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Maine.
How Winner compares
170 35th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Winner's all-time total is 54% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Winner | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 170 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Winner's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Winner splits its recorded history at 2020: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Winner popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Winner popularity over time - girls
81 total births recorded since 2011 (Winner as girls' name)
Winner by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (90 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Winner's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Winner births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
75 births
- 2020s
2020s
90 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 90 births (53% of all-time use).
Winner by state
Where Winner concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Maine | | 5 | 2.9% |
5 of 170 births nationwide.
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What to do with Winner's data
- Maine records the most Winners (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Maine 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 Winner: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Winner 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.