Girls' name · peaked in 1917
Winifred name popularity since 1925
22,280 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Winifred (96.9% girls, 3.1% boys). Half of them were born in 1940 or earlier, so the typical Winifred is about 86 years old in 2026. Winifred peaked in 1917 as the #141 name for girls, and it ranked #923 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 22,280
- Named Winifred, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1917
- #141 for girls that year
- In 2025
- #923
- for girls in 2025 (284 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 96.9% girls
- 21,582 girls · 698 boys
- Most popular in
- Hawaii
- 5.79× its national share
Peak year is the year Winifred made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Winifred births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Winifred peaked earlier, in 1917.
- Steepest fall: Between 1949 and 1954, Winifred's share of baby girls fell by 46%, from 1 in 4,710 to 1 in 8,670.
- Fastest rise: Between 2014 and 2019, it became 2.1× more common, from 1 in 17,900 baby girls to 1 in 8,700.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Winifred's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Winifred.
Decade by decade
Babies named Winifred in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 5,117 | 147 | – |
| 1930s | 5,289 | 201 | #273 |
| 1940s | 3,724 | 131 | #398 |
| 1950s | 2,501 | 119 | #564 |
| 1960s | 1,252 | 72 | #995 |
| 1970s | 461 | 22 | #1,904 |
| 1980s | 213 | 6 | #5,071 |
| 1990s | 191 | 0 | #5,673 |
| 2000s | 255 | 0 | #4,952 |
| 2010s | 1,095 | 0 | #1,447 |
| 2020–25 | 1,484 | 0 | #923 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
43.7% of babies named Winifred from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Winifred is most popular
The index compares Winifred's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Winifred.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 5.79× | 328 |
| Massachusetts | 2.47× | 1,064 |
| New York | 2.13× | 2,928 |
| Pennsylvania | 2.07× | 1,908 |
| New Jersey | 1.71× | 852 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Winifred and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Winifred (this page) | 21,582 | 1917 |
| Winnifred | 2,463 | 1888 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Winifred's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Winifred.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Winifred (1917).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data