How Many People Are Named Winnie?
people named Winnie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 33,653 people in the US has this name
Based on 27,337 babies named Winnie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
646 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of WINIFRED. Winnie-the-Pooh, a stuffed bear in the children's books by A. A. Milne, was named after a real bear named Winnipeg who lived at the London Zoo.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Winnie (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Winnie alive today is about 34 years old, and 57% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Winnie first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 646 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Winnie has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #162, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #475.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #475 |
| Best rank | #162 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #323 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Winnie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Winnie were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,072 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Winnie was given 4.2 times as often in Mississippi, 3.2 times in Louisiana and 2.9 times in Arkansas.
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