Boys' name · since 1914
Winson
Winson has 409 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,898 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,785 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 409
- born since 1914
- 2000s
- peak decade
Winson currently ranks #9785 among boys' names in America, with 409 babies recorded since 1914.
Winson has 409 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9785 as of the latest data, more common than 30% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #8,898 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,785 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 409 born since 1914
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Winson ranks #8,898 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,785 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 409 born since 1914, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,898 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,785 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 409
- born since 1914
- 2000s
- peak decade
Winson's 409 recorded births place it above 80.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Winson compares
409 Top 48% higher than 52% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Winson's all-time total is 11% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Winson | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 409 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Winson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Winson's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1914, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Winson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Winson by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (136 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Winson's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Winson births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 18
1920s
18 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 28
1980s
28 births
- 1990s
1990s
81 births
- 2000s
2000s
136 births
- 2010s
2010s
93 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 136 births (33% of all-time use).
Winson by state
Where Winson concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 61 | 14.9% |
| #2 | California | | 24 | 5.9% |
61 of 409 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Winson's decade-level peak was the 2000s (136 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Winsons (61 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Winson: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~111 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, 1914–2025 (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 Winson 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.