NameTides

Winona

Winona was the #627 girls' name in the US in 2025 (466 babies), and #1,315 in England & Wales and #799 in Canada.

Winona as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Winona as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Winona as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#627 (466)#1,315 (24)#799 (36)
2024#734 (384)#1,036 (33)#1,194 (21)
2023#878 (306)#1,371 (23)#1,774 (12)
2022#975 (273)#1,326 (24)#1,132 (22)
2021#1,293 (175)#2,201 (12)#1,876 (11)
2020#1,418 (154)#2,615 (9)#1,758 (12)
2019#1,655 (127)#3,151 (7)#2,374 (8)
2018#2,026 (96)#3,985 (5)#2,892 (6)
2017#2,357 (77)#2,341 (11)#3,307 (5)
2016#2,560 (69)#3,214 (7)#2,892 (6)
2015#3,989 (37)#3,252 (7)#2,599 (7)
2014#4,003 (37)#5,691 (3)#2,905 (6)
2013#4,336 (33)#3,536 (6)—
2012#4,296 (34)——
2011#6,335 (20)#5,785 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #627.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,400 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 3,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Winona is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,200 to 1 in 3,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Winona by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #176MEWisconsin: #247WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #390WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #328MNIllinois: #494ILMichigan: #374MINew York: #731NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #353ORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #444INOhio: #371OHPennsylvania: #595PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #814CAUtah: #310UTColorado: #406CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #556MOKentucky: #498KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #541VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #632AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #497KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #707TNNorth Carolina: #601NCSouth 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: #854GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #982TXFlorida: #912FL
Winona (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#1,01811

Winona (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
WinonaCanadaGirls#79936
WinonaEngland & WalesGirls#1,31524
WinonaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
WinonaUSGirls#627466