Winnifred Girl
How popular is Winnifred?
#2,514 girl name in 2025
70 baby girls were named Winnifred in the US in 2025, making it the 2514th most popular girl name.
Winnifred popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,514 for girls (▲ 235 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 70 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+218% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,831 in 2015, #3,061 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1918 (166 girls) |
| Highest rank | #413 in 1888 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Winnifred 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 Winnifred is most popular
Babies named Winnifred per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Michigan: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Winnifred by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 180 | #413 |
| 1890s | 278 | #516 |
| 1900s | 352 | #531 |
| 1910s | 1,107 | #511 |
| 1920s | 1,275 | #567 |
| 1930s | 560 | #846 |
| 1940s | 361 | #1,097 |
| 1950s | 255 | #1,549 |
| 1960s | 114 | #3,107 |
| 1970s | 43 | #4,458 |
| 1980s | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1990s | 12 | #10,263 |
| 2000s | 33 | #12,049 |
| 2010s | 187 | #3,850 |
| 2020s | 363 | #2,514 |
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Questions
- Is Winnifred a boy or girl name?
- Winnifred is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Winnifred were girls.
- How popular is the name Winnifred?
- 70 baby girls were named Winnifred in the US in 2025, making it the 2514th most popular girl name.
- When was Winnifred most popular?
- Winnifred peaked in 1918, when 166 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #413 in 1888.
- How many people are named Winnifred?
- 5,127 babies have been named Winnifred in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,374 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 62.
- Where is Winnifred most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Winnifred was most common in Minnesota, at 0.0 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.