Winifred · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Winifred.

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Its story

Popularity since 1882

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 67 recorded years as a table

Winifred, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1882	44
1900	33
1903	59
1905	38
1906	38
1909	37
1911	31
1912	23
1913	35
1914	23
1915	26
1916	30
1917	30
1918	46
1919	32
1920	38
1921	31
1922	31
1923	26
1924	29
1925	29
1926	29
1927	22
1928	24
1929	29
1930	19
1931	23
1932	23
1933	23
1934	15
1935	21
1936	21
1937	17
1938	14
1939	14
1940	15
1941	7
1942	17
1943	14
1944	7
1945	11
1946	6
1947	5
1948	6
1949	5
1950	7
1951	6
1952	5
1953	6
1954	5
1955	7
1956	7
1957	4
1958	7
1959	6
1960	4
1961	6
1962	7
1963	4
1964	4
1965	4
1966	3
1967	5
1971	5
1972	3
1973	6
1989	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Winifred isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Winifred

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1989: 6
Rank in 1989: #6,941
How rare: 1 in 333,488 boys
Since 1882: 1,106

Winifred was last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1903, at 59 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Winifred doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.