Winnie — #549 US girls' name
26,460 babies named Winnie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 97% of names given to girls today.
16% of everyone ever named Winnie was born in this single decade.
551 babies were named Winnie in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Winnie
The Social Security Administration has registered 26,460 babies named Winnie between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Winnie currently holds the #549 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 551 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Winnie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 4,295 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Winnie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,806 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Winnie in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Winnie 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 26,460 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.
Winnie at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
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Winnie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2024)
- 551
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #549 among girls.
26,460 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 551 births in a single year.
Winnie popularity over time — boys
228 total births recorded since 1883 (Winnie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Winnie accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Winnie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 4,295 births that decade — 16% of Winnie's all-time total
Winnie decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,295 births
- Runner-up 3,965 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Winnie's strongest decade
4,295 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 16% of all-time use.
Winnie by state
Where Winnie concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 2,806 | 10.6% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 1,263 | 4.8% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 1,217 | 4.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 1,173 | 4.4% |
| #5 | California | | 1,095 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 1,042 | 3.9% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 1,006 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 984 | 3.7% |
2,806 of 26,460 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 10.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.8% of nationwide
- Mississippi 4.6% of nationwide
- New York 4.4% of nationwide
- California 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 42 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 10.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Winnie appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.