How Many People Are Named Wenonah?
people named Wenonah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,010,499 people in the US has this name
Based on 506 babies named Wenonah in Social Security records from 1903 to 2017, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
26 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of WINONA. This spelling of the name was used by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow for the mother of Hiawatha in his epic poem 'The Song of Hiawatha' (1855).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Wenonah in English. Counting Wenonah and these spellings together, about 860 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Wenonah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wenonah alive today is about 59 years old, and 52% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 48 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wenonah first appears in the records in 1903 and was given most often in 1916, to 26 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2017.
Babies given the name each year, 1903 to 2017
🏆 Rank History
Wenonah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,484, in 1916.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,484 (1916) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,946 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wenonah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wenonah were born in California than in any other state: about 6 of those alive today.
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