Winifred is an established girls' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Winifred is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #923 for girl births in the United States (and #1,762 across all names), given to 284 babies. Winifred was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (1,593 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 284 | 284 | #923 | — |
| 2024 | 245 | 245 | #1,033 | — |
| 2023 | 269 | 269 | #963 | — |
| 2022 | 229 | 229 | #1,094 | — |
| 2021 | 235 | 235 | #1,071 | — |
| 2020 | 222 | 222 | #1,104 | — |
| 2019 | 193 | 193 | #1,215 | — |
| 2018 | 154 | 154 | #1,440 | — |
| 2017 | 169 | 169 | #1,371 | — |
| 2016 | 147 | 147 | #1,540 | — |
| 2015 | 160 | 160 | #1,447 | — |
| 2014 | 100 | 100 | #1,995 | — |
| 2013 | 71 | 71 | #2,531 | — |
| 2012 | 49 | 49 | #3,359 | — |
| 2011 | 30 | 30 | #4,800 | — |
| 2010 | 22 | 22 | #6,172 | — |
| 2009 | 38 | 38 | #4,101 | — |
| 2008 | 29 | 29 | #5,135 | — |
| 2007 | 23 | 23 | #6,075 | — |
| 2006 | 27 | 27 | #5,225 | — |
| 2005 | 27 | 27 | #4,952 | — |
| 2004 | 21 | 21 | #5,957 | — |
| 2003 | 22 | 22 | #5,582 | — |
| 2002 | 21 | 21 | #5,664 | — |
| 2001 | 26 | 26 | #4,683 | — |
| 2000 | 21 | 21 | #5,487 | — |
| 1999 | 14 | 14 | #7,226 | — |
| 1998 | 17 | 17 | #6,061 | — |
| 1997 | 15 | — | #6,477 | — |
| 1996 | 15 | — | #6,385 | — |
| 1995 | 17 | — | #5,673 | — |
| 1994 | 12 | — | #7,597 | — |
| 1993 | 24 | — | #4,386 | — |
| 1992 | 26 | — | #4,084 | — |
| 1991 | 18 | — | #5,395 | — |
| 1990 | 33 | — | #3,358 | — |
| 1989 | 20 | — | #6,152 | #7,880 |
| 1988 | 23 | — | #4,013 | — |
| 1987 | 17 | — | #4,855 | — |
| 1986 | 20 | — | #4,184 | — |
| 1985 | 15 | — | #5,071 | — |
| 1984 | 24 | — | #3,525 | — |
| 1983 | 21 | — | #3,805 | — |
| 1982 | 22 | — | #3,775 | — |
| 1981 | 28 | — | #3,144 | — |
| 1980 | 29 | — | #3,066 | — |
| 1979 | 36 | — | #2,579 | — |
| 1978 | 27 | — | #3,007 | — |
| 1977 | 32 | — | #2,664 | — |
| 1976 | 23 | — | #3,186 | — |
| 1975 | 48 | — | #1,904 | — |
| 1974 | 44 | — | #1,960 | — |
| 1973 | 67 | — | #1,606 | #3,685 |
| 1972 | 55 | — | #1,770 | #5,737 |
| 1971 | 66 | — | #1,623 | #3,958 |
| 1970 | 85 | — | #1,284 | — |
| 1969 | 76 | — | #1,302 | — |
| 1968 | 84 | — | #1,189 | — |
| 1967 | 110 | — | #1,027 | #2,980 |
| 1966 | 101 | — | #1,077 | #4,533 |
| 1965 | 117 | — | #995 | #3,532 |
| 1964 | 141 | — | #903 | #3,596 |
| 1963 | 171 | — | #818 | #3,041 |
| 1962 | 186 | — | #801 | #2,184 |
| 1961 | 168 | — | #847 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 170 | — | #821 | #3,332 |
| 1959 | 206 | — | #726 | #2,410 |
| 1958 | 236 | — | #663 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 224 | — | #669 | #3,254 |
| 1956 | 267 | — | #598 | #2,260 |
| 1955 | 277 | — | #564 | #2,218 |
| 1954 | 235 | — | #609 | #2,588 |
| 1953 | 272 | — | #535 | #2,527 |
| 1952 | 288 | — | #505 | #2,673 |
| 1951 | 305 | — | #481 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 310 | — | #470 | #2,206 |
| 1949 | 371 | — | #414 | #3,014 |
| 1948 | 313 | — | #461 | #2,439 |
| 1947 | 384 | — | #420 | #2,667 |
| 1946 | 380 | — | #396 | #2,685 |
| 1945 | 334 | — | #398 | #1,851 |
| 1944 | 322 | — | #405 | #2,463 |
| 1943 | 458 | — | #340 | #1,634 |
| 1942 | 480 | — | #324 | #1,495 |
| 1941 | 412 | — | #329 | #2,867 |
| 1940 | 401 | — | #325 | #1,734 |
| 1939 | 432 | — | #302 | #1,792 |
| 1938 | 486 | — | #289 | #1,896 |
| 1937 | 462 | — | #295 | #1,686 |
| 1936 | 484 | — | #279 | #1,461 |
| 1935 | 513 | — | #273 | #1,493 |
| 1934 | 526 | — | #272 | #1,855 |
| 1933 | 577 | — | #260 | #1,455 |
| 1932 | 596 | — | #262 | #1,464 |
| 1931 | 694 | — | #232 | #1,456 |
| 1930 | 720 | — | #230 | #1,643 |
| 1929 | 847 | — | #218 | #1,294 |
| 1928 | 982 | — | #205 | #1,447 |
| 1927 | 1,039 | — | #201 | #1,559 |
| 1926 | 1,143 | — | #188 | #1,295 |
| 1925 | 1,253 | — | #178 | #1,303 |
| 1924 | 1,302 | — | #178 | #1,286 |
| 1923 | 1,449 | — | #164 | #1,383 |
| 1922 | 1,462 | — | #162 | #1,258 |
| 1921 | 1,451 | — | #163 | #1,266 |
| 1920 | 1,472 | — | #160 | #1,138 |
| 1919 | 1,363 | — | #164 | #1,296 |
| 1918 | 1,640 | — | #145 | #985 |
| 1917 | 1,554 | — | #141 | #1,320 |
| 1916 | 1,392 | — | #148 | #1,334 |
| 1915 | 1,321 | — | #143 | #1,504 |
| 1914 | 919 | — | #161 | #1,683 |
| 1913 | 759 | — | #157 | #1,251 |
| 1912 | 672 | — | #162 | #1,742 |
| 1911 | 470 | — | #166 | #1,532 |
| 1910 | 370 | — | #185 | — |
| 1909 | 303 | — | #195 | #1,438 |
| 1908 | 281 | — | #199 | — |
| 1907 | 264 | — | #199 | — |
| 1906 | 292 | — | #178 | #1,409 |
| 1905 | 281 | — | #180 | #1,420 |
| 1904 | 252 | — | #189 | — |
| 1903 | 279 | — | #178 | #1,006 |
| 1902 | 226 | — | #193 | — |
| 1901 | 232 | — | #184 | — |
| 1900 | 307 | — | #177 | #1,504 |
| 1899 | 241 | — | #179 | — |
| 1898 | 289 | — | #170 | — |
| 1897 | 217 | — | #183 | — |
| 1896 | 212 | — | #190 | — |
| 1895 | 234 | — | #176 | — |
| 1894 | 216 | — | #180 | — |
| 1893 | 232 | — | #166 | — |
| 1892 | 213 | — | #174 | — |
| 1891 | 235 | — | #150 | — |
| 1890 | 204 | — | #171 | — |
| 1889 | 186 | — | #162 | — |
| 1888 | 176 | — | #165 | — |
| 1887 | 154 | — | #161 | — |
| 1886 | 146 | — | #160 | — |
| 1885 | 120 | — | #170 | — |
| 1884 | 146 | — | #146 | — |
| 1883 | 125 | — | #148 | — |
| 1882 | 88 | — | #174 | #1,094 |
| 1881 | 81 | — | #167 | — |
| 1880 | 92 | — | #150 | — |