How rare is the name Winnie?

11,304 people in the United States have the first name Winnie, about 1 in 26,719. It ranks #2,289 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

WINNIE

#2,289

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,304
About
1 in 26,719
This common or more
79.3%
Who bears it

Of the 11,304 people named Winnie, 41.2% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 37.4% as White and 15.7% as Black. 99% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Winnie peaked in 2025, when 646 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
646
In 2025*
646
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 27,337 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Winnie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #270. The largest share of babies named Winnie, 35.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#3211,006
1890s#2702,150
1900s#3102,201
1910s#4793,998
1920s#5934,375
1930s#6773,008
1940s#9672,009
1950s#1,6411,046
1960s#2,412574
1970s#3,297422
1980s#3,826424
1990s#3,790600
2000s#4,098746
2010s#2,3571,812
2020s#1,1802,966
Before 190112.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2735.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4518.5%
Baby boom 1946–647.5%
Generation X 1965–802.5%
Millennials 1981–962.9%
Generation Z 1997–124.3%
2013 and later16.6%

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 Winnie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Winnie has been most common in Mississippi (5.4×), Arkansas (3.9×), and Louisiana (3.3×), and least common in New Jersey (0.16×).

17,726 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.

Either side of Winnie

#2,287 Chaya · 11,308#2,288 Jarred · 11,306#2,290 Julien · 11,296#2,291 Lizeth · 11,294

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Winnie, most common first.

#38,294 Winni · 201

Also a last name

As a last name, Winnie ranks #19,328 of 156,621, with 1,401 people. See Winnie as a last name

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