Winchester
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WIN-chess-ter
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Winchester is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “Roman fort at Venta”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Winchester mean?
English: English place name; Old English ceaster 'Roman fort'
“Roman fort at Venta”
Winchester was the chief city of Alfred the Great's Wessex; the Winchester rifle is named after Oliver Winchester.
Is Winchester a girl's or a boy's name?
Winchester is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Winchester in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Winchester, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2014.
Half of all the boys named Winchester in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Winchester in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
Nicknames for Winchester
Names like Winchester
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilder, Wylder, Archer, Walker, Ledger, Baker, Miller, Oliver, Wesson, Weller, Brewer, Shepherd
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Winchester: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/winchester, updated 20 October 2026.