Winifred
Girl · WIN-i-fred · Welsh
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Winifred is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “blessed reconciliation”. In 2025 it ranked 396th for girls in the UK (118 babies) and 922nd for girls in the US (284 babies).
What does Winifred mean?
Welsh: from Gwenfrewi, influenced by Old English Winfrith
“blessed reconciliation”
Linked with Saint Winefride, a 7th-century Welsh saint whose holy well at Holywell, Flintshire, is still a place of pilgrimage.
- Say it
- WIN-i-fred
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Is Winifred a girl's or a boy's name?
Winifred is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 118 girls in the UK and 284 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Winifred in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #396among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 118about 1 in 2,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 118 girls in the UK were named Winifred, making it the 396th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 516th.
2025 had the most girls named Winifred of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Winifred in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 138 girls in the UK were given Winifred or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #362, up from #396 for this spelling alone.
- Winifred 118
- Winnifred 20
Among girls in 2025, it was 364th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#12), 1914 (#10), 1924 (#19) and 1934 (#48).
Winifred in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 118 | #396 |
| 2024 | 117 | #407 |
| 2023 | 108 | #427 |
| 2022 | 116 | #414 |
| 2021 | 83 | #539 |
| 2020 | 85 | #516 |
| 2019 | 62 | #684 |
| 2018 | 70 | #636 |
| 2017 | 50 | #839 |
| 2016 | 49 | #841 |
| 2015 | 44 | #900 |
| 2014 | 49 | #850 |
| 2013 | 36 | #1,065 |
| 2012 | 29 | #1,232 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,467 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,299 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,499 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,348 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,505 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Winifred in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #922among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 284about 1 in 5,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 284 girls in the US were named Winifred, making it the 922nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,099th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 1,593 girls.
2025 had more girls named Winifred than any year since 1951.
Half of all the girls named Winifred in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 1939, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 354 girls in the US were given Winifred or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #762, up from #922 for this spelling alone.
- Winifred 284
- Winnifred 70
Winifred in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 284 | #922 |
| 2024 | 245 | #1,027 |
| 2023 | 269 | #963 |
| 2022 | 229 | #1,089 |
| 2021 | 235 | #1,069 |
| 2020 | 222 | #1,099 |
| 2019 | 193 | #1,209 |
| 2018 | 154 | #1,435 |
| 2017 | 169 | #1,364 |
| 2016 | 147 | #1,534 |
| 2015 | 160 | #1,437 |
| 2014 | 100 | #1,982 |
| 2013 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2012 | 49 | #3,313 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 26 | #4,559 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,292 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,002 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,525 |
| 1978 | 27 | #2,942 |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,606 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,094 |
| 1975 | 48 | #1,877 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,937 |
| 1973 | 58 | #1,589 |
| 1972 | 50 | #1,749 |
| 1971 | 58 | #1,613 |
| 1970 | 85 | #1,278 |
| 1969 | 76 | #1,290 |
| 1968 | 84 | #1,177 |
| 1967 | 101 | #1,025 |
| 1966 | 96 | #1,072 |
| 1965 | 110 | #989 |
| 1964 | 134 | #899 |
| 1963 | 162 | #814 |
| 1962 | 171 | #798 |
| 1961 | 156 | #845 |
| 1960 | 162 | #817 |
| 1959 | 193 | #724 |
| 1958 | 222 | #663 |
| 1957 | 216 | #666 |
| 1956 | 253 | #596 |
| 1955 | 263 | #560 |
| 1954 | 224 | #606 |
| 1953 | 261 | #532 |
| 1952 | 278 | #503 |
| 1951 | 294 | #479 |
| 1950 | 297 | #469 |
| 1949 | 363 | #412 |
| 1948 | 302 | #460 |
| 1947 | 374 | #420 |
| 1946 | 371 | #394 |
| 1945 | 319 | #397 |
| 1944 | 312 | #405 |
| 1943 | 438 | #340 |
| 1942 | 457 | #323 |
| 1941 | 404 | #327 |
| 1940 | 384 | #325 |
| 1939 | 416 | #301 |
| 1938 | 471 | #288 |
| 1937 | 444 | #295 |
| 1936 | 462 | #279 |
| 1935 | 491 | #273 |
| 1934 | 510 | #272 |
| 1933 | 554 | #259 |
| 1932 | 572 | #262 |
| 1931 | 670 | #232 |
| 1930 | 699 | #230 |
| 1929 | 816 | #218 |
| 1928 | 955 | #205 |
| 1927 | 1,014 | #201 |
| 1926 | 1,111 | #187 |
| 1925 | 1,221 | #178 |
| 1924 | 1,269 | #177 |
| 1923 | 1,420 | #164 |
| 1922 | 1,428 | #162 |
| 1921 | 1,417 | #163 |
| 1920 | 1,432 | #160 |
| 1919 | 1,332 | #164 |
| 1918 | 1,593 | #144 |
| 1917 | 1,526 | #141 |
| 1916 | 1,365 | #148 |
| 1915 | 1,299 | #143 |
| 1914 | 904 | #161 |
| 1913 | 741 | #157 |
| 1912 | 662 | #162 |
| 1911 | 463 | #166 |
| 1910 | 370 | #185 |
| 1909 | 297 | #195 |
| 1908 | 281 | #199 |
| 1907 | 264 | #199 |
| 1906 | 287 | #177 |
| 1905 | 276 | #180 |
| 1904 | 252 | #189 |
| 1903 | 272 | #178 |
| 1902 | 226 | #193 |
| 1901 | 232 | #184 |
| 1900 | 302 | #177 |
| 1899 | 241 | #179 |
| 1898 | 289 | #170 |
| 1897 | 217 | #183 |
| 1896 | 212 | #189 |
| 1895 | 234 | #175 |
| 1894 | 216 | #180 |
| 1893 | 232 | #166 |
| 1892 | 213 | #173 |
| 1891 | 235 | #150 |
| 1890 | 204 | #169 |
| 1889 | 186 | #162 |
| 1888 | 176 | #165 |
| 1887 | 154 | #160 |
| 1886 | 146 | #160 |
| 1885 | 120 | #170 |
| 1884 | 146 | #145 |
| 1883 | 125 | #148 |
| 1882 | 83 | #173 |
| 1881 | 81 | #166 |
| 1880 | 92 | #149 |
Nicknames for Winifred
Names like Winifred
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