Winnona — #10328 US girls' name
157 babies named Winnona in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 42% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Winnona was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Winnona in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Winnona
The Social Security Administration has registered 157 babies named Winnona between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Winnona currently holds the #10328 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Winnona performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Winnona shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Winnona 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 157 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.
Winnona at a glance
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Current rank
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Winnona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1916
- Peak year (1923)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
Currently ranks #10328 among girls.
157 total births across 109 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 12 births in a single year.
Winnona by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 40 births that decade — 25% of Winnona's all-time total
Winnona decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Winnona's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
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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, 1916–2024 (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.