NameTides

Winifred

Winifred was the #922 girls' name in the US in 2025 (284 babies), and #364 in England & Wales and #1,031 in Canada.

Winifred as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Winifred as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSCanada
Winifred as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#922 (284)#364 (118)——#1,031 (26)
2024#1,027 (245)#388 (112)#541 (5)—#896 (31)
2023#963 (269)#397 (105)#749 (3)—#1,044 (24)
2022#1,089 (229)#374 (114)——#964 (27)
2021#1,069 (235)#513 (80)#792 (3)—#947 (29)
2020#1,099 (222)#486 (83)——#1,295 (18)
2019#1,209 (193)#632 (62)—#551 (6)#807 (35)
2018#1,435 (154)#602 (68)—#734 (4)#1,862 (11)
2017#1,364 (169)#785 (50)——#1,090 (23)
2016#1,534 (147)#790 (49)—#750 (4)#1,533 (15)
2015#1,437 (160)#845 (44)—#896 (3)#1,267 (19)
2014#1,982 (100)#842 (45)#681 (4)#752 (4)#2,185 (9)
2013#2,508 (71)#1,018 (35)——#2,376 (8)
2012#3,314 (49)#1,150 (29)—#768 (4)#2,601 (7)
2011#4,681 (30)#1,374 (22)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1917 at #141.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 1989, 70% of US babies named Winifred were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Winifred is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,800 to 1 in 6,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Winifred by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #447WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #459MNIllinois: #541ILMichigan: #638MINew York: #902NYMassachusetts: #444MAOregon: #429ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #611INOhio: #711OHPennsylvania: #515PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,409CAUtah: #490UTColorado: #536CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,615TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Winifred (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#74216

Winifred (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
WinifredCanadaGirls#1,03126
WinifredEngland & WalesGirls#364118
WinifredIrelandGirls—too few
WinifredNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
WinifredScotlandGirls—too few
WinifredUSGirls#922284
WinifredUSBoys—too few