# Winston (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/winston/  
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 | “farm”, “village” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɪn.stən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Winnie, Win |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 32,956 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 32,794 / 162 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 800, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English personal name Wine, in the genitive singular case Wines + tūn (“farm, village”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 7 | 3,856 |
| 1944 | 5 | 5,235 |
| 1946 | 7 | 4,410 |
| 1953 | 6 | 5,663 |
| 1967 | 6 | 6,792 |
| 1985 | 8 | 8,303 |
| 1987 | 6 | 11,288 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12,664 |
| 2018 | 8 | 12,403 |
| 2019 | 6 | 15,449 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,923 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,951 |
| 2022 | 6 | 15,200 |
| 2023 | 9 | 11,116 |
| 2024 | 9 | 11,069 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 305 | 745 |
| 2012 | 399 | 614 |
| 2013 | 394 | 625 |
| 2014 | 518 | 538 |
| 2015 | 551 | 523 |
| 2016 | 649 | 472 |
| 2017 | 782 | 405 |
| 2018 | 790 | 404 |
| 2019 | 860 | 372 |
| 2020 | 726 | 408 |
| 2021 | 762 | 409 |
| 2022 | 761 | 420 |
| 2023 | 798 | 398 |
| 2024 | 799 | 405 |
| 2025 | 830 | 382 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 1,124 |
| 2012 | 28 | 998 |
| 2013 | 33 | 882 |
| 2014 | 46 | 710 |
| 2015 | 55 | 633 |
| 2016 | 51 | 681 |
| 2017 | 51 | 684 |
| 2018 | 54 | 646 |
| 2019 | 59 | 616 |
| 2020 | 51 | 668 |
| 2021 | 36 | 854 |
| 2022 | 34 | 901 |
| 2023 | 42 | 779 |
| 2024 | 46 | 747 |
| 2025 | 33 | 934 |

## People named Winston

- Winston Churchill, British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
- Winston Groom, American writer (1943-2020)
- Winston Bogarde, Dutch footballer
- Winston Graham, English novelist (1908–2003)
- Winston Churchill, American novelist (1871–1947)
- Winston Parks, Costa Rican footballer
- Winston E. Scott, American navy officer and astronaut
- Winston Churchill, British politician (1940–2010)
- Winston Hibler, American screenwriter, film producer, director and narrator (1910-1976)
- Winston Churchill, English soldier, historian, and politician (1620–1688)
- Winston Miller, actor, screenwriter (1910-1994)
- Winston W. Royce, American software engineer (1929–1995)

## 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.