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
Winni's 142 recorded births place it above 67.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
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
- Peak year (2006)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #15826 among girls.
142 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 15 births in a single year.
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
- 1990s 9
1990s
9 births
- 2000s
2000s
84 births
- 2010s
2010s
38 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 84 births (59% of all-time use).
Winni decade highlights
- Peak decade 84 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Winni by state
Where Winni concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 61 | 43.0% |
61 of 142 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 43.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 43.0% of all recorded births nationwide - a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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.
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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.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~26 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, 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.
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