Girls' name · since 1962
Wynter
10,728 babies named Wynter in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,590 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #457 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,728
- born since 1962
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Wynter is the #457 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 10,728 recorded since 1962.
Wynter has 10,728 recorded births among girls since 1962, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #457 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2025.
- #1,590 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #457 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 10,728 born since 1962
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wynter ranks #1,590 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #457 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 10,728 born since 1962, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,590 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #457 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,728
- born since 1962
- 2020s
- peak decade
Wynter's 10,728 recorded births place it above 97.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
40 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Wynter compares
10,728 Top 9% higher than 91% of 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
Wynter's all-time total is 29x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Wynter | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10,728 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 934 | 21 | 19,840 |
Wynter's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Wynter's full recorded timeline at 1999, 92% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 8% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1962, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 934 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Wynter popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 934
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Wynter popularity over time - boys
249 total births recorded since 1979 (Wynter as boys' name)
Wynter by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (4,882 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Wynter's strongest decade.
4,882 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Wynter births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 18
1960s
18 births
- 1970s 134
1970s
134 births
- 1980s 285
1980s
285 births
- 1990s 560
1990s
560 births
- 2000s 1,211
2000s
1,211 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,638 births
- 2020s
2020s
4,882 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 4,882 births (46% of all-time use).
How Wynter compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Wynter's total volume
Wynter by state
Where Wynter concentrates geographically, total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 703 | 6.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 698 | 6.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 628 | 5.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 621 | 5.8% |
| #5 | California | | 519 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 463 | 4.3% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 462 | 4.3% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 433 | 4.0% |
703 of 10,728 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Wynter appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Wynter's data
- Georgia records the most Wynters (703 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia 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 Wynter: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1962–2025 (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 Wynter 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.