How Many People Are Named Winifred?
people named Winifred are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 32,243 people in the US has this name
Based on 46,200 babies named Winifred in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,640 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Anglicized form of GWENFREWI, the spelling altered by association with WINFRED. It became used in England in the 16th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Winifred in English. Counting Winifred and these spellings together, about 11,907 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Winifred, 97.7% were girls and 2.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Winifred alive today is about 55 years old, and 62% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 18 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Winifred first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 1,640 babies. In 2025, 284 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Winifred has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #141, in 1917. In 2025 it ranked #923.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #923 |
| Best rank | #141 (1917) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #180 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Winifred alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Winifred were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,182 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Winifred was given 4 times as often in Hawaii, 2 times in Massachusetts and 1.8 times in New York.
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