Wynette — girls' name

What the Data Says About Wynette

The Social Security Administration has registered 956 babies named Wynette between 1914 and 1992, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wynette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wynette performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 223 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Wynette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Wynette in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wynette 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 956 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.