Wynona — #2597 US girls' name
3,774 babies named Wynona in U.S. Social Security records since 1899, with the highest year being 1930. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to girls today.
20% of everyone ever named Wynona was born in this single decade.
97 babies were named Wynona in 1930 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wynona
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,774 babies named Wynona between 1899 and 2024, spanning 126 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Wynona currently holds the #2597 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 97 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wynona performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 756 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Wynona shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 505 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Kansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Wynona in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wynona 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 3,774 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.
Wynona at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Wynona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1899
- Peak year (1930)
- 97
- Annual births at peak — across 126 years of records
Currently ranks #2597 among girls.
3,774 total births across 126 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1930 with 97 births in a single year.
Wynona by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 756 births that decade — 20% of Wynona's all-time total
Wynona decade highlights
- Peak decade 756 births
- Runner-up 751 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Wynona's strongest decade
756 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Wynona by state
Where Wynona concentrates geographically — total births since 1899
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Oklahoma | | 505 | 13.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 372 | 9.9% |
| #3 | Kansas | | 51 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Missouri | | 43 | 1.1% |
| #5 | California | | 40 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Arkansas | | 23 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 15 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 15 | 0.4% |
505 of 3,774 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Oklahoma 13.4% of nationwide
- Texas 9.9% of nationwide
- Kansas 1.4% of nationwide
- Missouri 1.1% of nationwide
- California 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 17 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Oklahoma accounts for 13.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Wynona appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1899–2024 (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.