Winnifred
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- WIN-i-fred
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,570 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,514 for girls
Winnifred is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “blessed reconciliation”. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 2,514th for girls in the US (70 babies).
What does Winnifred mean?
Welsh: spelling of Winifred
“blessed reconciliation”
A variant spelling of Winifred, the English form of the Welsh Gwenfrewi.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Winnifred a girl's or a boy's name?
Winnifred is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 70 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Winnifred in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,570th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Winnifred, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th.
2025 had the most girls named Winnifred of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Winnifred in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 138 girls in the UK were given Winnifred or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #362, up from #1,570 for this spelling alone.
- Winifred 118
- Winnifred 20
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.
Winnifred in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Winnifred in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,514th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 70 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 70 girls in the US were named Winnifred, making it the 2,514th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,061st. Its busiest year was 1918, with 166 girls.
2025 had more girls named Winnifred than any year since 1929.
Half of all the girls named Winnifred in the US since 1880 were born between 1915 and 1942, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 354 girls in the US were given Winnifred or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #762, up from #2,514 for this spelling alone.
- Winifred 284
- Winnifred 70
Winnifred in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #2,514 |
| 2024 | 62 | #2,749 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,757 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,604 |
| 2021 | 50 | #3,215 |
| 2020 | 52 | #3,061 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,850 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,303 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,107 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 16 | #3,160 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 20 | #2,595 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,662 |
| 1957 | 25 | #2,217 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,724 |
| 1955 | 28 | #2,023 |
| 1954 | 24 | #2,185 |
| 1953 | 20 | #2,362 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,679 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,739 |
| 1950 | 36 | #1,549 |
| 1949 | 36 | #1,542 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,620 |
| 1947 | 53 | #1,237 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,918 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,513 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,608 |
| 1943 | 32 | #1,466 |
| 1942 | 41 | #1,249 |
| 1941 | 45 | #1,101 |
| 1940 | 43 | #1,097 |
| 1939 | 57 | #930 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,159 |
| 1937 | 51 | #981 |
| 1936 | 60 | #876 |
| 1935 | 41 | #1,084 |
| 1934 | 57 | #905 |
| 1933 | 60 | #865 |
| 1932 | 67 | #846 |
| 1931 | 62 | #871 |
| 1930 | 66 | #889 |
| 1929 | 86 | #758 |
| 1928 | 75 | #831 |
| 1927 | 105 | #706 |
| 1926 | 125 | #644 |
| 1925 | 137 | #626 |
| 1924 | 131 | #653 |
| 1923 | 145 | #603 |
| 1922 | 159 | #569 |
| 1921 | 152 | #587 |
| 1920 | 160 | #567 |
| 1919 | 135 | #606 |
| 1918 | 166 | #546 |
| 1917 | 147 | #557 |
| 1916 | 161 | #515 |
| 1915 | 139 | #537 |
| 1914 | 94 | #585 |
| 1913 | 87 | #544 |
| 1912 | 65 | #608 |
| 1911 | 66 | #511 |
| 1910 | 47 | #610 |
| 1909 | 39 | #624 |
| 1908 | 41 | #583 |
| 1907 | 45 | #535 |
| 1906 | 35 | #602 |
| 1905 | 25 | #713 |
| 1904 | 34 | #576 |
| 1903 | 33 | #565 |
| 1902 | 28 | #623 |
| 1901 | 32 | #538 |
| 1900 | 40 | #531 |
| 1899 | 30 | #550 |
| 1898 | 32 | #571 |
| 1897 | 24 | #627 |
| 1896 | 31 | #538 |
| 1895 | 32 | #520 |
| 1894 | 31 | #516 |
| 1893 | 27 | #535 |
| 1892 | 26 | #540 |
| 1891 | 21 | #572 |
| 1890 | 24 | #538 |
| 1889 | 21 | #555 |
| 1888 | 36 | #413 |
| 1887 | 21 | #489 |
| 1886 | 18 | #528 |
| 1885 | 22 | #446 |
| 1884 | 11 | #640 |
| 1883 | 16 | #480 |
| 1882 | 18 | #431 |
| 1881 | 8 | #623 |
| 1880 | 9 | #580 |
Nicknames for Winnifred
Names like Winnifred
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Winnie, Ottilie, Harriet, Lottie, Elsie, Matilda, Mabel, Violet, Ada, Hazel, Florence, Cleo
Other spellings of Winnifred
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Meredith, Brynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Winnifred: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/winnifred, updated 20 October 2026.