Girls' name · since 1880
Winnie
Winnie has 27,109 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #890 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #475 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 27,109
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
27,109 babies have been named Winnie since 1880, making it today's #475 girls' name.
Winnie has 27,109 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #475 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of girls, 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 1880 to 2025.
- #890 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #475 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 27,109 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Winnie ranks #890 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #475 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 27,109 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #890 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #475 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 27,109
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Winnie's 27,109 recorded births place it above 98.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
42 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Winnie compares
27,109 Top 6% higher than 94% of 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
Winnie's all-time total is 72x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Winnie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 27,109 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 646 | 21 | 19,840 |
Winnie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Winnie splits its recorded history at 1953: 30% of all births land in the more recent half, 70% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1981 (28 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 646 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Winnie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 646
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Winnie popularity over time - boys
228 total births recorded since 1883 (Winnie as boys' name)
Winnie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (4,295 births, 16% of the file).
1920s was Winnie's strongest decade.
4,295 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Winnie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 989
1880s
989 births
- 1890s
1890s
2,126 births
- 1900s
1900s
2,196 births
- 1910s
1910s
3,965 births
- 1920s
1920s
4,295 births
- 1930s
1930s
2,971 births
- 1940s
1940s
1,977 births
- 1950s 1,046
1950s
1,046 births
- 1960s 574
1960s
574 births
- 1970s 422
1970s
422 births
- 1980s 424
1980s
424 births
- 1990s 600
1990s
600 births
- 2000s 746
2000s
746 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,812 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,966 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 4,295 births (16% of all-time use).
How Winnie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Winnie's total volume
Winnie by state
Where Winnie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 2,851 | 10.5% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 1,280 | 4.7% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 1,227 | 4.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 1,197 | 4.4% |
| #5 | California | | 1,131 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 1,057 | 3.9% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 1,035 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 991 | 3.7% |
2,851 of 27,109 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Winnie appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Winnie's data
- Winnie's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (4,295 total births) through the 2020s (2,966) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Winnies (2,851 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Winnie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Winnie 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.