first name
WINFRED
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,050 people named Winfred, 50.6% reported their origin as White, 41.1% as Black and 3.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 92.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Winfred peaked in 1922, when 260 babies got the name.
At least 10,455 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Winfred by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #842. The largest share of babies named Winfred, 32.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Winfred is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Winfred has been most common in Arkansas (6×), North Carolina (5×), and Alabama (4.5×), and least common in New York (0.11×).
6,614 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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