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Winnifred

Girl

Meaning of Winnifred: Welsh: 'blessed peacemaking'

Winnifred is a girl's name most strongly associated with Welsh naming. It has 9 letters and 3 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 2439th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 1603rd in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#2439

70 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#1603

19 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

5,127

First recorded 1880 · peak 1918

Trend

rising

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 7 babies1990: 5 babies19901991: 7 babies1992: 0 babies1993: 0 babies1994: 0 babies1995: 0 babies1996: 0 babies1997: 0 babies1998: 0 babies1999: 0 babies2000: 0 babies20002001: 7 babies2002: 0 babies2003: 0 babies2004: 0 babies2005: 6 babies2006: 0 babies2007: 7 babies2008: 6 babies2009: 7 babies2010: 7 babies20102011: 8 babies2012: 0 babies2013: 9 babies2014: 13 babies2015: 22 babies2016: 28 babies2017: 33 babies2018: 29 babies2019: 38 babies2020: 52 babies20202021: 50 babies2022: 67 babies2023: 62 babies2024: 62 babies2025: 70 babies
US babies named Winnifred per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 70.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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