Winner — #7113 US boys' name
156 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.
More common than 50% of names given to boys today.
49% of everyone ever named Winner was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Winner in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Winner
The Social Security Administration has registered 156 babies named Winner between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Winner currently holds the #7113 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 21 babies received it in a single year. Winner is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 75 additional births since 2011.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Winner performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Winner shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maine, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Winner in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Winner 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 156 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.
Winner at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Winner popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2008
- Peak year (2023)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
Currently ranks #7113 among boys.
156 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 21 births in a single year.
Winner popularity over time — girls
75 total births recorded since 2011 (Winner as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Winner accounts for 32% of total recorded use across both genders.
Winner by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 76 births that decade — 49% of Winner's all-time total
Winner decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 75 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Winner's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% 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 | 3.2% |
5 of 156 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Maine 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Maine accounts for 3.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2008–2024 (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.