# Winnie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/winnie/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɪni/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 27,337 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 228 / 27,109 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,761, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Diminutives + -ie.

## 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 | 67 | 2,663 |
| 2012 | 98 | 2,001 |
| 2013 | 106 | 1,899 |
| 2014 | 163 | 1,409 |
| 2015 | 213 | 1,189 |
| 2016 | 235 | 1,097 |
| 2017 | 259 | 1,004 |
| 2018 | 258 | 1,008 |
| 2019 | 337 | 812 |
| 2020 | 353 | 771 |
| 2021 | 418 | 693 |
| 2022 | 506 | 592 |
| 2023 | 489 | 611 |
| 2024 | 554 | 548 |
| 2025 | 646 | 475 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 7 | 3,735 |
| 1926 | 9 | 3,135 |
| 1928 | 13 | 2,385 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,530 |
| 1930 | 6 | 3,995 |
| 1932 | 6 | 3,770 |
| 1933 | 7 | 3,264 |
| 1935 | 6 | 3,631 |
| 1937 | 7 | 3,171 |
| 1939 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 1940 | 9 | 2,668 |
| 1941 | 8 | 2,868 |
| 1942 | 5 | 4,038 |
| 1943 | 5 | 4,030 |
| 1948 | 5 | 4,192 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 1,067 |
| 2012 | 36 | 998 |
| 2013 | 40 | 925 |
| 2014 | 47 | 814 |
| 2015 | 68 | 609 |
| 2016 | 63 | 666 |
| 2017 | 113 | 394 |
| 2018 | 150 | 317 |
| 2019 | 211 | 234 |
| 2020 | 210 | 223 |
| 2021 | 250 | 204 |
| 2022 | 239 | 208 |
| 2023 | 332 | 151 |
| 2024 | 347 | 142 |
| 2025 | 416 | 117 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## In other languages

- Esperanto: Ŭinjo, Ŭinĉjo
- Russian: Винни

## People named Winnie

- Winnie Byanyima, 20th and 21st-century Ugandan aeronautical engineer, politician and diplomat
- Winnie Markus, German actress (1921–2002)
- Winnie Shaw, British tennis player (1947-1992)
- Winnie Lightner, actress (1899-1971)
- Winnie Holzman, American librettist, screenwriter and poet

## 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.