# Winifred (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/winifred/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Winnie, Win |
| Variant spellings | Winnifred |
| US babies named this | 46,200 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,106 / 45,094 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,231, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English Winfriþ, from Welsh Gwenfrewi.

## 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 | 30 | 4,800 |
| 2012 | 49 | 3,359 |
| 2013 | 71 | 2,531 |
| 2014 | 100 | 1,995 |
| 2015 | 160 | 1,447 |
| 2016 | 147 | 1,540 |
| 2017 | 169 | 1,371 |
| 2018 | 154 | 1,440 |
| 2019 | 193 | 1,215 |
| 2020 | 222 | 1,104 |
| 2021 | 235 | 1,071 |
| 2022 | 229 | 1,094 |
| 2023 | 269 | 963 |
| 2024 | 245 | 1,033 |
| 2025 | 284 | 923 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 8 | 3,254 |
| 1958 | 14 | 2,263 |
| 1959 | 13 | 2,410 |
| 1960 | 8 | 3,332 |
| 1961 | 12 | 2,536 |
| 1962 | 15 | 2,184 |
| 1963 | 9 | 3,041 |
| 1964 | 7 | 3,596 |
| 1965 | 7 | 3,532 |
| 1966 | 5 | 4,533 |
| 1967 | 9 | 2,980 |
| 1971 | 8 | 3,958 |
| 1972 | 5 | 5,737 |
| 1973 | 9 | 3,685 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,880 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 1,374 |
| 2012 | 29 | 1,150 |
| 2013 | 35 | 1,018 |
| 2014 | 45 | 842 |
| 2015 | 44 | 845 |
| 2016 | 49 | 790 |
| 2017 | 50 | 785 |
| 2018 | 68 | 602 |
| 2019 | 62 | 632 |
| 2020 | 83 | 486 |
| 2021 | 80 | 513 |
| 2022 | 114 | 374 |
| 2023 | 105 | 397 |
| 2024 | 112 | 388 |
| 2025 | 118 | 364 |

## People named Winifred

- Winifred McNair, English tennis player (1877–1954)
- Winifred Holtby, British writer (1898–1935)
- Winifred Asprey, American computer scientist and mathematician (1917–2007)
- Winifred Edgerton Merrill, American mathematician (1862–1951)
- Winifred Mary Curtis, British–Australian botanist (1905-2005)
- Winifred Greenwood, American actress (1885–1961)
- Winifred Westover, American actress (1899–1978)
- Winifred Bryson, actress (1892-1987)
- Winifred Allen, American actress (1896-1943)
- Winifred Kingston, British actress (1894-1967)
- Winifred Brunton, British and South African artist and egyptologist (1880-1959)
- Winifred Elsie Brenchley, British botanist and agricultural scientist (1883–1953)

## 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.