Winnifred — #2770 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Winnifred

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,056 babies named Winnifred between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Winnifred currently holds the #2770 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 166 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Winnifred performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,275 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Winnifred shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 233 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Winnifred in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Winnifred 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 5,056 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.