How rare is the name Wynter?

4,959 people in the United States have the first name Wynter, about 1 in 60,906. It ranks #3,936 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

WYNTER

#3,936

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,959
About
1 in 60,906
This common or more
83.3%
Who bears it

Of the 4,959 people named Wynter, 42.5% reported their origin as Black, 37.8% as White and 8.6% as two or more races. 96.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Wynter peaked in 2021, when 952 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19622025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
952
In 2025*
693 ▼27%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 10,977 babies have been given the name since 1962. 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.

Wynter by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #772. The largest share of babies named Wynter, 74.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#12,55718
1970s#6,739139
1980s#5,017285
1990s#3,932565
2000s#2,8471,244
2010s#1,4163,741
2020s#7724,985
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–801.9%
Millennials 1981–965%
Generation Z 1997–1218.5%
2013 and later74.4%

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 Wynter is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Wynter has been most common in Georgia (2.9×), Maryland (2.1×), and South Carolina (2.1×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.27×).

8,672 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.

Also a last name

As a last name, Wynter ranks #15,273 of 156,621, with 1,851 people. See Wynter as a last name

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