# Winfred (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/winfred/  
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 |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “joy”, “peace” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,455 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10,104 / 351 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English Wynnfriþ, from wynn (“joy”) + friþ (“peace”).

## What it means

Winfred is grouped under joy and peace.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 5 | 5,367 |
| 1943 | 8 | 3,798 |
| 1945 | 5 | 5,227 |
| 1947 | 5 | 6,095 |
| 1949 | 5 | 6,051 |
| 1952 | 5 | 6,384 |
| 1955 | 5 | 6,722 |
| 1956 | 6 | 5,939 |
| 1960 | 7 | 5,687 |
| 1961 | 8 | 5,296 |
| 1962 | 7 | 5,851 |
| 1963 | 7 | 5,885 |
| 1968 | 8 | 5,635 |
| 1970 | 5 | 9,337 |
| 1980 | 5 | 12,123 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 7 | 10,106 |
| 2006 | 11 | 7,401 |
| 2007 | 8 | 9,748 |
| 2008 | 8 | 9,831 |
| 2009 | 5 | 14,420 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,755 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10,729 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,528 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,673 |
| 2014 | 6 | 12,038 |
| 2017 | 5 | 14,154 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,777 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,951 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,969 |
| 2023 | 5 | 14,089 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## In other languages

- German: Winfried

## People named Winfred

- Winfred Philip Lehmann, American linguist

## 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.