Girls' name · since 2017
Winsley
349 babies named Winsley in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,672 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,832 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 349
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
349 babies have been named Winsley since 2017, making it today's #1832 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Winsley has been recorded 349 times among girls since 2017, currently ranked #1832 nationally and more common than 89% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #14,672 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,832 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 349 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Winsley ranks #14,672 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,832 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 349 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,672 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,832 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 349
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Winsley's 349 recorded births place it above 79.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Ohio.
How Winsley compares
349 48th 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
Winsley's all-time total is 7% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Winsley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 349 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 110 | 21 | 19,840 |
Winsley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Winsley's full recorded timeline at 2021, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 110 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Winsley popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 110
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Winsley popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2009 (Winsley as boys' name)
Winsley by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (276 births, 79% of the file).
2020s was Winsley's strongest decade.
276 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Winsley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 73
2010s
73 births
- 2020s
2020s
276 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 276 births (79% of all-time use).
Winsley by state
Where Winsley concentrates geographically, total births since 2017
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 16 | 4.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 8 | 2.3% |
| #3 | Kentucky | | 7 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 6 | 1.7% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 6 | 1.7% |
| #6 | California | | 5 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 5 | 1.4% |
16 of 349 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Winsley appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Winsley's data
- Ohio records the most Winsleys (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio 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 Winsley: 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 (~8 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, 2017–2025 (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 Winsley 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.