girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Winnie

Gender Girl · 1% boys Rank 2025 #475 Trend ↑ Rising 84%

A diminutive of the female given name Winifred or, less often, of Winona.

Rank 2025
#475
among girls · ↑73 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
646
named Winnie · +17% vs 2024
How common
1 in 2,488
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
646 babies
All-time total
27,337
#890 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Winnie popularity over time

27,337 babies have been named Winnie since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.380.751.131.518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 989 17 1,006 101 – #162
1890s 2,126 24 2,150 215 +114% #165
1900s 2,196 5 2,201 220 +2% #190
1910s 3,965 33 3,998 400 +82% #244
1920s 4,295 80 4,375 438 +9% #294
1930s 2,971 37 3,008 301 -31% #333
1940s 1,977 32 2,009 201 -33% #433
1950s 1,046 – 1,046 105 -48% #732
1960s 574 – 574 57 -45% #1,216
1970s 422 – 422 42 -26% #1,875
1980s 424 – 424 42 0% #1,980
1990s 600 – 600 60 +42% #2,051
2000s 746 – 746 75 +24% #1,816
2010s 1,812 – 1,812 181 +143% #812
2020s (to 2025) 2,966 – 2,966 494 +173% #475

Where Winnie is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 720 0.45 #430
2027 789 0.49 #393
2028 853 0.53 #355
2029 911 0.57 #336
2030 964 0.60 #316

Where Winnie is most popular

Girls named Winnie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.322 per 1,000. Strongest in Nebraska, Utah, and North Dakota.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Winnie born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Nebraska 34 0.946 +194%
Utah 72 0.865 +169%
North Dakota 11 0.837 +160%
Minnesota 86 0.797 +147%
Missouri 94 0.780 +142%
Iowa 43 0.736 +128%
West Virginia 19 0.725 +125%
South Dakota 10 0.700 +117%
Wisconsin 72 0.699 +117%
Idaho 23 0.687 +113%
Indiana 94 0.670 +108%
Maine 10 0.646 +101%
Kansas 37 0.641 +99%
Tennessee 97 0.612 +90%
Oklahoma 41 0.557 +73%
Kentucky 47 0.550 +71%
Arkansas 27 0.511 +59%
Ohio 121 0.510 +58%
Oregon 33 0.507 +57%
Michigan 86 0.472 +47%
Mississippi 22 0.470 +46%
Washington 64 0.443 +38%
Illinois 99 0.432 +34%
Colorado 47 0.421 +31%
Massachusetts 49 0.405 +26%
Alabama 38 0.405 +26%
Louisiana 35 0.400 +24%
Arizona 55 0.392 +22%
South Carolina 34 0.378 +17%
Pennsylvania 85 0.359 +12%
Georgia 75 0.330 ≈ national
North Carolina 75 0.329 ≈ national
New Jersey 54 0.299 -7%
Florida 117 0.273 -15%
New Hampshire 5 0.271 -16%
Maryland 28 0.264 -18%
Connecticut 15 0.258 -20%
New York 101 0.255 -21%
Virginia 40 0.235 -27%
California 187 0.222 -31%
Texas 177 0.220 -32%
Alaska – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Montana – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Rhode Island – – –
Vermont – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Winnie

Winnie is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #475 in 2025 with 646 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 27,337 American babies have been named Winnie. Its peak came in 2025, when 646 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Winnie stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Winnie?

The median living Winnie is about 22 years old; half are between 5 and 71. An estimated 10 thousand people named Winnie are alive in the United States today.

median 22 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Winnie year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 646 #475 – –
2024 554 #548 – –
2023 489 #611 – –
2022 506 #592 – –
2021 418 #693 – –
2020 353 #771 – –
2019 337 #812 – –
2018 258 #1,008 – –
2017 259 #1,004 – –
2016 235 #1,097 – –
2015 213 #1,189 – –
2014 163 #1,409 – –
2013 106 #1,899 – –
2012 98 #2,001 – –
2011 67 #2,663 – –
2010 76 #2,475 – –
2009 88 #2,242 – –
2008 67 #2,751 – –
2007 100 #2,058 – –
2006 66 #2,725 – –
2005 54 #3,007 – –
2004 60 #2,741 – –
2003 76 #2,258 – –
2002 72 #2,287 – –
2001 67 #2,378 – –
2000 96 #1,816 – –
1995 57 #2,344 – –
1990 66 #2,051 – –
1985 32 #2,934 – –
1980 41 #2,390 – –
1975 41 #2,135 – –
1970 40 #2,078 – –
1965 57 #1,488 – –
1960 73 #1,293 – –
1955 97 #1,025 – –
1950 130 #761 – –
1945 195 #525 – –
1940 247 #433 9 #2,668
1935 346 #344 6 #3,631
1930 297 #393 6 #3,995
1925 401 #334 7 #3,735
1920 490 #294 10 #2,965
1915 459 #276 – –
1910 248 #244 – –
1905 207 #215 – –
1900 271 #190 – –
1895 196 #194 – –
1890 166 #181 – –
1885 80 #221 – –
1880 49 #222 – –

Famous people named Winnie

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Winnie Harlow Winnie Harlow Canadian fashion model (born 1994) Contemporary
  2. 2 Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Winnie Madikizela-Mandela South African activist and politician (1936–2018) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Winnie, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Winnie?

The median living Winnie is about 22 years old. Half of all living Winnies are between 5 and 71 years old.

How many people named Winnie are alive today?

An estimated 10 thousand people named Winnie are alive in the United States, based on 27,337 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Winnie mean?

A diminutive of the female given name Winifred or, less often, of Winona.

How popular is the name Winnie in 2025?

Winnie ranked #475 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 646 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Winnie?

27,337 babies have been named Winnie in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Winnie most popular?

Winnie peaked in 2025, when 646 newborns received the name.

Is Winnie a boy or girl name?

Winnie is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 99% of babies with the name.

Is the name Winnie rising or falling?

Winnie is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Winnie become more popular?

Winnie is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 964 girls named Winnie in 2030, which would rank around #316. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Winnie?

Well-known people named Winnie include Winnie Harlow (model), Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (politician).

Names like Winnie

Names that sound and feel close to Winnie: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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