Girls' name · since 1926
Wynonia
126 babies named Wynonia in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 1937. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,626 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 126
- born since 1926
- 1930s
- peak decade
Wynonia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 126 recorded since 1926.
Wynonia has 126 recorded births among girls since 1926, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1926 to 1962.
- #24,626 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 126 born since 1926
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wynonia ranks #24,626 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 126 born since 1926, peaking in the 1930s.
- #24,626 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 126
- born since 1926
- 1930s
- peak decade
Wynonia's 126 recorded births place it above 65.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Wynonia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Wynonia's full recorded timeline at 1943, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1926, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1937 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Wynonia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1962
- Peak year (1937)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Wynonia by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (40 births, 32% of the file).
1930s was Wynonia's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Wynonia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1930s
1930s
40 births
- 1940s
1940s
34 births
- 1950s
1950s
29 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 40 births (32% of all-time use).
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What to do with Wynonia's data
- Wynonia's decade-level peak was the 1930s (40 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Wynonia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1937)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1926–1962 (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 Wynonia 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.