Winfred
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Old English
Winfred is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “joy”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Winfred mean?
Old English
“joy”
A male given name from Old English.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Winfred a girl's or a boy's name?
Winfred is a boys' name.
How popular is Winfred in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1922, with 244 boys.
Half of all the boys named Winfred in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1956, the years shaded on the chart below.
Winfred in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 28 | #2,353 |
| 1988 | 28 | #2,192 |
| 1987 | 27 | #2,165 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 35 | #1,723 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,097 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 33 | #1,733 |
| 1981 | 38 | #1,576 |
| 1980 | 44 | #1,432 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,903 |
| 1978 | 25 | #1,965 |
| 1977 | 42 | #1,407 |
| 1976 | 33 | #1,607 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,592 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,269 |
| 1973 | 47 | #1,201 |
| 1972 | 37 | #1,391 |
| 1971 | 55 | #1,101 |
| 1970 | 57 | #1,080 |
| 1969 | 50 | #1,097 |
| 1968 | 54 | #1,006 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,102 |
| 1966 | 85 | #785 |
| 1965 | 90 | #777 |
| 1964 | 95 | #774 |
| 1963 | 107 | #751 |
| 1962 | 137 | #664 |
| 1961 | 123 | #688 |
| 1960 | 148 | #639 |
| 1959 | 139 | #651 |
| 1958 | 131 | #666 |
| 1957 | 169 | #589 |
| 1956 | 193 | #542 |
| 1955 | 163 | #575 |
| 1954 | 145 | #612 |
| 1953 | 150 | #586 |
| 1952 | 164 | #543 |
| 1951 | 146 | #565 |
| 1950 | 133 | #587 |
| 1949 | 130 | #597 |
| 1948 | 126 | #601 |
| 1947 | 131 | #595 |
| 1946 | 109 | #615 |
| 1945 | 140 | #504 |
| 1944 | 121 | #549 |
| 1943 | 148 | #508 |
| 1942 | 147 | #505 |
| 1941 | 135 | #506 |
| 1940 | 155 | #465 |
| 1939 | 113 | #537 |
| 1938 | 155 | #466 |
| 1937 | 158 | #444 |
| 1936 | 135 | #487 |
| 1935 | 146 | #470 |
| 1934 | 139 | #486 |
| 1933 | 136 | #481 |
| 1932 | 170 | #428 |
| 1931 | 163 | #441 |
| 1930 | 185 | #431 |
| 1929 | 190 | #429 |
| 1928 | 198 | #422 |
| 1927 | 192 | #440 |
| 1926 | 203 | #424 |
| 1925 | 208 | #415 |
| 1924 | 231 | #402 |
| 1923 | 230 | #392 |
| 1922 | 244 | #387 |
| 1921 | 223 | #406 |
| 1920 | 228 | #394 |
| 1919 | 222 | #393 |
| 1918 | 211 | #407 |
| 1917 | 214 | #385 |
| 1916 | 192 | #400 |
| 1915 | 146 | #454 |
| 1914 | 116 | #446 |
| 1913 | 96 | #434 |
| 1912 | 65 | #491 |
| 1911 | 23 | #644 |
| 1910 | 18 | #707 |
| 1909 | 20 | #590 |
| 1908 | 20 | #566 |
| 1907 | 19 | #559 |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 18 | #549 |
| 1904 | 13 | #647 |
| 1903 | 9 | #783 |
| 1902 | 17 | #521 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 13 | #698 |
| 1899 | 13 | #548 |
| 1898 | 12 | #634 |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 9 | #778 |
| 1895 | 13 | #579 |
| 1894 | 10 | #667 |
| 1893 | 12 | #572 |
| 1892 | 8 | #791 |
| 1891 | 7 | #765 |
| 1890 | 13 | #533 |
| 1889 | 12 | #549 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 8 | #679 |
| 1886 | 12 | #540 |
| 1885 | 9 | #641 |
| 1884 | 15 | #488 |
| 1883 | 11 | #556 |
| 1882 | 9 | #652 |
| 1881 | 12 | #503 |
| 1880 | 12 | #526 |
Names like Winfred
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Edward, Alfred, William, Walter, Harold, Leonard, Richard, Raymond, Edwin, Thomas, Warren, Edmund
More Old English names
Alfie, Teddy, Waylon, Audrey, Edith, Wilfred, Ozzy, Edie, Eddie, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar, Alden, Kelsey, Alvin
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, “Winfred: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/winfred, updated 20 October 2026.