Winona Girl
How popular is Winona?
#627 girl name in 2025
466 baby girls were named Winona in the US in 2025, making it the 627th most popular girl name.
Winona popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #627 for girls (▲ 107 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 466 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+1159% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,988 in 2015, #1,418 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (466 girls) |
| Highest rank | #405 in 1924 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Winona counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Winona family of names ranked #478 for girls in 2025 (#537 the year before), with 604 babies in all.
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 Winona is most popular
Babies named Winona per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maine: 0.8 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- North Dakota: 0.8 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Oregon: 0.7 per 1,000 (43 girls)
- Minnesota: 0.6 per 1,000 (69 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.6 per 1,000 (58 girls)
Winona by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 108 | #503 |
| 1890s | 206 | #586 |
| 1900s | 376 | #488 |
| 1910s | 1,517 | #424 |
| 1920s | 2,430 | #405 |
| 1930s | 1,888 | #406 |
| 1940s | 1,076 | #604 |
| 1950s | 1,057 | #793 |
| 1960s | 726 | #1,145 |
| 1970s | 481 | #1,541 |
| 1980s | 245 | #2,488 |
| 1990s | 340 | #2,313 |
| 2000s | 195 | #4,286 |
| 2010s | 550 | #1,655 |
| 2020s | 1,758 | #627 |
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Questions
- Is Winona a boy or girl name?
- Winona is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Winona were girls.
- How popular is the name Winona?
- 466 baby girls were named Winona in the US in 2025, making it the 627th most popular girl name.
- When was Winona most popular?
- Winona peaked in 2025, when 466 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #405 in 1924.
- How many people are named Winona?
- 12,953 babies have been named Winona in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,289 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 49.
- Where is Winona most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Winona was most common in Maine, at 0.8 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.