Winifred Girl
How popular is Winifred?
#922 girl name in 2025
284 baby girls were named Winifred in the US in 2025, making it the 922nd most popular girl name.
Winifred popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #922 for girls (▲ 105 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 284 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+78% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,437 in 2015, #1,099 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1918 (1,593 girls) |
| Highest rank | #141 in 1917 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Winifred counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Winifred family of names ranked #733 for girls in 2025 (#802 the year before), with 354 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Winifred | 284 | 80% |
| Winnifred | 70 | 20% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Winifred is most popular
Babies named Winifred per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.4 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.4 per 1,000 (45 girls)
- Maine: 0.4 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.4 per 1,000 (46 girls)
- Michigan: 0.3 per 1,000 (62 girls)
Winifred by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,309 | #145 |
| 1890s | 2,293 | #150 |
| 1900s | 2,689 | #177 |
| 1910s | 10,255 | #141 |
| 1920s | 12,083 | #160 |
| 1930s | 5,289 | #230 |
| 1940s | 3,724 | #323 |
| 1950s | 2,501 | #469 |
| 1960s | 1,252 | #798 |
| 1970s | 461 | #1,278 |
| 1980s | 213 | #3,002 |
| 1990s | 191 | #3,292 |
| 2000s | 255 | #4,012 |
| 2010s | 1,095 | #1,209 |
| 2020s | 1,484 | #922 |
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Questions
- Is Winifred a boy or girl name?
- Winifred is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Winifred were girls.
- How popular is the name Winifred?
- 284 baby girls were named Winifred in the US in 2025, making it the 922nd most popular girl name.
- When was Winifred most popular?
- Winifred peaked in 1918, when 1,593 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #141 in 1917.
- How many people are named Winifred?
- 46,200 babies have been named Winifred in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,263 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 70.
- Where is Winifred most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Winifred was most common in Minnesota, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.