# Windsor (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/windsor/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “windsor”, “bank with a windlass”, “winch by the riverside”, “reel”, “winch”, “spool”, “bank”, “shore” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɪndzɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Windsore |
| US babies named this | 1,040 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 564 / 476 (46% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Wyndelsore, from Old English Windlesōra (“Windsor”, literally “bank with a windlass, winch by the riverside”), from *windel ("reel, winch"; > Middle English windel (“reel, spool”)) + ōra (“bank, shore”). See windlass.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 14,756 |
| 2012 | 10 | 11,208 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,243 |
| 2014 | 25 | 5,445 |
| 2015 | 32 | 4,484 |
| 2016 | 35 | 4,241 |
| 2017 | 25 | 5,327 |
| 2018 | 30 | 4,656 |
| 2019 | 31 | 4,538 |
| 2020 | 36 | 4,000 |
| 2021 | 33 | 4,320 |
| 2022 | 34 | 4,290 |
| 2023 | 21 | 5,945 |
| 2024 | 40 | 3,815 |
| 2025 | 22 | 5,714 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 10 | 8,142 |
| 2009 | 5 | 14,419 |
| 2013 | 6 | 12,053 |
| 2014 | 10 | 8,093 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7,470 |
| 2016 | 14 | 6,329 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,799 |
| 2018 | 15 | 6,021 |
| 2019 | 12 | 7,147 |
| 2020 | 15 | 5,964 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,558 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,776 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,875 |
| 2024 | 17 | 5,645 |
| 2025 | 15 | 6,119 |

## People named Windsor

- Windsor Davies, British actor (1930–2019)
- Windsor del Llano, American soccer player
- Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist
- E. W. Kemble, American cartoonist (1861-1933)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.