Rank 2025
#627
among girls · ↑107 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
466
named Winona · +21% vs 2024
How common
1 in 3,449
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
466 babies
All-time total
12,953
#1,424 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records
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.
Where Winona is most popular
Girls named Winona per 1,000 girls born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.198 per 1,000.
Strongest in Maine, North Dakota, and Oregon.
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 Winona 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 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 Winona
Winona is uncommon for girls in the United States, ranked #627 in 2025 with 466 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.
Since 1880, 12,953 American babies have been named Winona. Its peak came in 2025, when 466 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 Winona stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
