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Is Winnifred a boy or girl name?

Winnifred is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 61 girls and 0 boys were named Winnifred, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 5,056 US babies named Winnifred were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#2,790
Babies named Winnifred since 1880
5,056
Most popular year
1918
166 babies
Babies named Winnifred each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Winnifred from 1880 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Winnifred, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1880s0180100%
1890s0278100%
1900s0352100%
1910s01,107100%
1920s01,275100%
1930s0560100%
1940s0361100%
1950s0255100%
1960s0114100%
1970s043100%
1980s07100%
1990s012100%
2000s033100%
2010s0187100%
2020s0292100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–61#2,790
20230–62#2,782
20220–67#2,635
20210–50#3,244
20200–52#3,087
20190–38#3,913
20180–29#4,764
20170–33#4,378
20160–28#4,982
20150–22#6,020
20140–13#8,942
20130–9#11,913
20120–0–
20110–8#13,289
20100–7#14,870
20090–7#15,165
20080–6#17,392
20070–7#15,396
20060–0–
20050–6#16,366
20040–0–
20030–0–
20020–0–
20010–7#13,462
20000–0–
19990–0–
19980–0–
19970–0–
19960–0–
19950–0–
19940–0–
19930–0–
19920–0–
19910–7#11,485
19900–5#15,197
19890–7#10,825
19880–0–
19870–0–
19860–0–
19850–0–
19840–0–
19830–0–
19820–0–
19810–0–
19800–0–
19790–0–
19780–0–
19770–0–
19760–0–
19750–0–
19740–13#4,717
19730–7#7,421
19720–6#8,267
19710–10#5,537
19700–7#7,062
19690–13#4,194
19680–7#6,237
19670–10#4,619
19660–6#6,554
19650–14#3,545
19640–17#3,240
19630–11#4,269
19620–16#3,291
19610–8#5,298
19600–12#3,918
19590–20#2,676
19580–19#2,752
19570–25#2,276
19560–18#2,824
19550–28#2,061
19540–24#2,236
19530–20#2,430
19520–34#1,711
19510–31#1,771
19500–36#1,575
19490–36#1,563
19480–33#1,647
19470–53#1,254
19460–23#1,969
19450–29#1,542
19440–26#1,660
19430–32#1,491
19420–41#1,263
19410–45#1,116
19400–43#1,113
19390–57#938
19380–39#1,181
19370–51#991
19360–60#887
19350–41#1,100
19340–57#916
19330–60#877
19320–67#855
19310–62#875
19300–66#893
19290–86#759
19280–75#839
19270–105#708
19260–125#646
19250–137#626
19240–131#655
19230–145#605
19220–159#572
19210–152#588
19200–160#568
19190–135#607
19180–166#547
19170–147#558
19160–161#516
19150–139#540
19140–94#589
19130–87#550
19120–65#614
19110–66#516
19100–47#619
19090–39#636
19080–41#592
19070–45#544
19060–35#610
19050–25#732
19040–34#585
19030–33#573
19020–28#641
19010–32#546
19000–40#542
18990–30#564
18980–32#580
18970–24#643
18960–31#551
18950–32#529
18940–31#526
18930–27#546
18920–26#553
18910–21#588
18900–24#547
18890–21#566
18880–36#419
18870–21#498
18860–18#539
18850–22#458
18840–11#682
18830–16#497
18820–18#445
18810–8#677
18800–9#627

Highest rank

Winnifred has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #419 in 1888. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Winnifred

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.