How Many People Are Named Winona?
people named Winona are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 56,021 people in the US has this name
Based on 12,953 babies named Winona in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
466 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "firstborn daughter" in the Dakota language. This was the name of the daughter of the Sioux Dakota chief Wapasha III.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Winona in English. Counting Winona and these spellings together, about 8,381 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Winona in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Winona alive today is about 41 years old, and 42% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Winona first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 466 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Winona has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #407, in 1924 and 1931. In 2025 it ranked #627.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #627 |
| Best rank | #407 (1924 and 1931) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #442 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Winona alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Winona were born in California than in any other state: about 492 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Winona was given 17.6 times as often in Hawaii, 4.1 times in Maine and 2.7 times in Kansas.
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