Girls' name · since 1916
Winnona
165 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.
- #21,808 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,013 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 165
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Winnona is the #11013 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 165 recorded since 1916.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Winnona has been recorded 165 times among girls since 1916, currently ranked #11013 nationally and more common than 36% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #21,808 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,013 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 165 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Winnona ranks #21,808 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,013 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 165 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #21,808 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,013 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 165
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Winnona's 165 recorded births place it above 69.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Winnona compares
165 33rd 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
Winnona's all-time total is 56% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Winnona | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 165 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Winnona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Winnona splits its recorded history at 1942: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1916 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1923 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Winnona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (1923)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Winnona by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (40 births, 24% of the file).
1920s was Winnona's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Winnona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 13
1910s
13 births
- 1920s
1920s
40 births
- 1930s
1930s
33 births
- 1940s
1940s
33 births
- 1950s 8
1950s
8 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 40 births (24% of all-time use).
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What to do with Winnona's data
- Winnona's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (40 total births) through the 2020s (27) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Winnona: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Winnona 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.