Girls' name · since 1999

Winni

Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 142 babies named Winni, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#23,380 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,826 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
142
born since 1999
2000s
peak decade

Yes -- Winni is the #15826 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 142 recorded since 1999.

Social Security Administration records show Winni recorded 142 times among girls since 1999, holding rank #15826 nationally today, ahead of 9% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.

  • #23,380 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,826 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 142 born since 1999
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Winni ranks #23,380 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,826 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 142 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.

#23,380 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,826 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
142
born since 1999
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%8.5%
Winni vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Winni's 142 recorded births place it above 67.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.

How Winni compares

142 31st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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

Winni's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Winni Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 142 376 567,345
Peak-year births 15 21 19,840

Winni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Winni splits its recorded history at 2008: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Winni popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2006)
15
Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
05101520 1999200220062012201720232025 5

Winni by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (84 births, 59% of the file).

2000s was Winni's strongest decade.

84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.

Winni births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 84 births (59% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Winni by state

Where Winni concentrates geographically, total births since 1999

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Winni
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
61 43.0%
New York share of Winni's total US births 43.0%

61 of 142 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Winni?
Winni has been given to 142 babies in the U.S. since 1999, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #23,380 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #15,826 of 17,297. 15 babies were born in 2006, its single highest year.
Where does Winni sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Winni ranks #23,380 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,826 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Winni most popular?
Winni was most popular in the 2000s decade with 84 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
Where is Winni most popular?
The top states for the name Winni are New York (61 births).
How long has the name Winni been used?
Records for Winni go back to 1999, giving 27 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Winni?
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.

What to do with Winni's data

  • Winni's decade-level peak was the 2000s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • New York records the most Winnis (61 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Winni

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Winni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1999–2025 (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 Winni 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.