Winifred
- Pronunciation
- [Wi-ni-fred]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Peaceful Friend
- Origin
- German
Winifred Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 44,809 baby girls have been named Winifred. The name peaked in 1918 with 1,593 US births that year (rank #145). In 2024, ranked #1031 nationally — 886 places below its 1918 peak.
Top States for Winifred
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Winifred births are: New York (5,499), Pennsylvania (3,515), Massachusetts (2,142).
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8-Letter Names Starting with W
Names with Winifred's exact length and starting letter: Wafiyyah, Walborgd, Waldemar, Waldmunt, Wallache.
Quick Facts About Winifred
US Popularity History (2023–2025)
Annual US births named Winifred by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 284 girls named Winifred (girl rank #923 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Winifred Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Winifred the strongest states are Oregon, Minnesota, Massachusetts.
Strongest girls-name states
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia | #930 | 24 |
| 2 | Washington | #849 | 48 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | #777 | 67 |
| 4 | Illinois | #763 | 85 |
| 5 | Ohio | #755 | 67 |
| 6 | Missouri | #754 | 23 |
| 7 | Michigan | #744 | 82 |
| 8 | Colorado | #726 | 32 |
| 9 | Utah | #725 | 24 |
| 10 | Kansas | #675 | 20 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Winifred in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred | Variant Of Frederick Peaceful Ruler. | Male | German |
| Freda | Peaceful Ruler. Feminine Of Frederick. | Female | German |
| Freddie | Variant Of Frederick Peaceful Ruler.) | Male | German |
| Freddy | Variant Of Frederick Peaceful Ruler.) | Male | German |
| Win | Friend | Male | English |
| Winfred | Friend Of Peace | Male | English |
| Winifreda | Peaceful Friend | Female | German |
| Winifrid | Peaceful Friend | Female | German |
| Winnie | White Or Fair | Female | Celtic |
| Wynn | Friend. Variants Are English Surnames In Rare Use As Given Names. | Male | English |
| Wynne | White Or Fair | Female | Celtic |
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